Bibliograph

Type

Label

Readings on John Steinbeck, Clarice Swisher, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Readings on John Steinbeck

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

33948587

Responsibility statement

Clarice Swisher, book editor

Series statement

Greenhaven Press literary companion to American authors

Summary

An anthology of critical essays that provide literary analysis and criticism of John Steinbeck's works along with a biography of the literary figure

Table Of Contents

John Steinbeck : a biography -- How six short novels came to be / John Steinbeck -- John Steinbeck's authentic characters / Joseph Warren Beach -- John Steinbeck's naturalism / Charles Child Walcutt -- Escape and commitment in John Steinbeck's heroes / Peter Lisca -- John Steinbeck : a successful failure / R.W.B. Lewis -- John Steinbeck's Paisano knights / Charles R. Metzger -- John Steinbeck's myth of manhood / Dan Vogel -- John Steinbeck's mature style in The red pony / Harry Thornton Moore -- Oneness and mysticism in The red pony / Arnold L. Goldsmith -- Jody's growing awareness in The red pony / Warren French -- The allegory of The pearl / Harry Morris -- The parable of The pearl / Howard Levant -- Symbolic creatures in The pearl / Martha Heasley Cox -- Attitudes toward the poor in Of mice and men / Edwin Berry Burgum -- Patterns that make meaning in Of mice and men / Peter Lisca -- Of mice and men : a knight dismounted and a dream ended / Warren French -- Christian symbolism in The grapes of wrath / Martin Shockley -- Artistic and thematic structure in The grapes of wrath / J.P. Hunter -- Indestructible women in The grapes of wrath / Mimi Reisel Gladstein -- John Steinbeck's call to conversion in The grapes of wrath / Stephen Railton -- John Steinbeck awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature / Carl E. Rallyson, Jr

resource.variantTitle

John Steinbeck

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Contributor