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Book

John Steinbeck

Call Number

  • 813 S819BL.1 2008 (CEN)

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Edition

New ed.

Publication Information

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, c2008.

Physical Description

vii, 176 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents

  • Introduction / The pearl and The old man and the sea : a comparative analysis / Of mice and men : the dream of commitment / John Steinbeck's The red pony : a study in narrative technique / "Happy(?)-wife-and-motherdom" : the portrayal of Ma Joad in John Steinbeck's The grapes of wrath / The front line of poverty / "Working at the impossible" : the presence of Moby-Dick in East of Eden / Revisiting the Sea of Cortez with a "green" perspective / Natural wisdom : Steinbeck's men of nature as prophets and peacemakers / Steinbeck's light / Steinbeck and the Great Depression / Chronology.

Subjects

Added Authors

Harold Bloom