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Alison Morretta
A unique insight into the life of John Steinbeck that details his incredible hunger for telling stories, his experience with the Great Depression, and the works that shaped him.
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Discusses the concept of poverty as it relates to John Steinbeck’s novel, The Pearl.
Cynthia Burkhead
This book guides readers through these and other important Steinbeck works, particularly those that are most often taught, including The Pearl (1945), The Red Pony (1933), and significant short fiction.
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Keith Ferrell
John Steinbeck was a writer who continually struggled to awaken America’s social conscience, and this riveting biography for young readers illustrates both his triumphs and hardships as he worked to…
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J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI denied that they had ever investigated novelist John Steinbeck, yet for decades the FBI maintained a file on him. The FBI files on Steinbeck…
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Thirteen essays, written by experts both within philosophy and Steinbeck studies, examine almost all of Steinbeck’s major works. Included in the compilation are five general essays examining Steinbeck’s own moral…
Though a highly regarded American writer, John Steinbeck’s appeal and influence extend far beyond North American borders. In John Steinbeck’s Global Dimensions, editors Kyoko Ariki, Luchen Li, and Scott Pugh…
Harold Bloom
Hailed for his novels of post-Depression American life, John Steinbeck has received equal acclaim for his short fiction. This examines the reception and legacy of such enduring works as The…
A Political Companion to John Steinbeck examines the most contentious political aspects of the author’s body of work, from his early exploration of social justice and political authority during the…
Linda Wagner-Martin
This book aims to both describe and analyze the way Steinbeck learned the writing craft. It begins with his immersion in the short story, some years after he stopped attending…
This volume is the first to collect the critical responses of Steinbeck’s generation to his many fiction and non-fiction works, as they appeared from the late 1920s on. These articles…
A collection of the critical responses of Steinbeck’s generation to his many fiction and non-fiction works, as they appeared from the late 1920s on. These articles offer a means of…
Geert Mak
In 1960 John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and cities from New York to…
John Steinbeck
The Pearl is a novella by the American author John Steinbeck. The story, first published in 1947, follows a pearl diver, Kino, and explores man’s purpose as well as greed…
Warren French
Although best-known for his fiction, John Steinbeck also enjoyed a long career as a non-fiction writer. The author of this study of his non-fiction works asserts that they contain much…
Mr John Steinbeck
Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they…
A story of Joad family, who are forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California.
Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this often sprawling and brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose…
When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds ‘the Pearl of the world’ he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will…
Lee Chong, the owner of the well-stocked grocery store, is also the proprietor of the Palace Flophouse that Mack and his troupe of good-natured ‘boys’ call home. Dora runs the…
Howard Levant
Examines and asseses the novels, beginning with Cup of Gold, 1929, in terms of Steinbeck’s search for an established harmony between ordering structure, either panoramic or dramatic, and his diverse…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) releases many records with topics ranging from Anti-War, Gangs Extremist Groups, Organized Crime, Supreme Court, World War II and many more. Included are several…
A collection of critical reviews that investigate the background of industrialism in the works of John Steinbeck.
Bernd Steiner
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Catholic University Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, course: Novel and Film (HS), 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English…
Gerald Newman,Eleanor Newman Layfield
Describes the life and works of author John Steinbeck –
Michael J. Meyer
John Steinbeck continues to be a focus of academic study and the source of interest to readers around the globe. Each year new articles and books are written about him…
Danica Cerce
This book explores the injustice toward Steinbeck’s works in Eastern European countries in the period of communist regimes. By taking up various avenues of approach while illuminating Steinbeck’s universal relevance…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s Chrysanthemums, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s Flight, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
Susan Shillinglaw
Carol Henning Steinbeck, writer John Steinbeck’s first wife, was his creative anchor, the inspiration for his great work of the 1930s, culminating in The Grapes of Wrath. In many ways…
As a writer who, beginning in the 1930s, gave voice to the ordinary man and woman, Steinbeck came to be the conscience of America. Yet his place in the literary…
William Souder
A biography of one of America’s most popular and misunderstood authors, John Steinbeck.
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East of Eden
East of Eden was dubbed "the first book" by Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck in his journal, and it does have the primal power and simplicity of myth…
This reader is accompanied with a CD that contains the full audio of the text in MP3 format. George and Lennie are friends and they have plans for the future…
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Surely his most interesting, plausibly his most memorable, and … arguably his best bookThe New York Times Book ReviewFor John Steinbeck, who hated the telephone, letter-writing was a preparation…
In this collection of short stories, Steinbeck captures the essence of American life in the early twentieth century. From small towns to big cities, these tales offer a glimpse into…
An Academy Award-nominated screenplay from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The hitherto unpublished script for Viva Zapata! was written by John Steinbeck between 1948 and 1950; it…
John Steinbeck,John Steinbeck
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All novels … are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves between…
George and Lennie are friends and they have plans for the future. But Lennie is not very smart and he sometimes makes trouble. George wants to help him but that…
During the Great Depression in the United States, and after the loss of their farm in Oklahoma, the Joad family is faced with a journey of more than one thousand…
This reader is accompanied with a CD that contains the full audio of the text in MP3 format. During the Great Depression in the United States, and after the loss…
