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A political companion to John Steinbeck / edited by Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh and Simon Stow.
Van Pelt Library PS3537.T3234 Z787 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Political companions to great American authors
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968--Political and social views.
- Steinbeck, John.
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
- Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Political and social views.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: The Dangerous Ambivalence of John Steinbeck
- 2 Revolutionary Conservative, Conservative Revolutionary? / Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh
- 3 Star Signals / Zoe Trodd
- 4 The Novelist as Playwright / Donna Kornhaber
- 5 Steinbeck and the Tragedy of Progress / Adrienne Akins
- 6 Group Man and the Limits of Working-Class Politics / Charles Williams
- 7 The Indifference of Nature and the Cruelty of Wealth / Michael Gibbons
- 8 The Technique of Building Worlds / Roxanne Harde
- 9 Focusing on the Migrant / James R. Swensen
- 10 Participatory Parables / Marijane Osborn
- 11 Not Afraid of Being Heroic / Lauren Onkey
- 12 Retelling an American Political Tale / Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh
- 13 Patriotic Ironies / Mimi R. Gladstein; James H. Meredith
- 14 John Steinbeck's Shifting View of America / Robert S. Hughes
- 15 Can You Honestly Love a Dishonest Thing? / Simon Stow.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813142029
- 0813142024
- OCLC:
- 818735103
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