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John Steinbeck : the years of greatness, 1936-1939 / edited by Tetsumaro Hayashi ; with an introduction by John H. Timmerman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968--Criticism and interpretation--Congresses.
- Steinbeck, John.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume is derived from papers presented by the North American delegates at the Third International Steinbeck Congress, held in May 1990 in Honolulu, Hawaii, under the co-sponsorship of the Steinbeck Society of Japan and the International Steinbeck Society.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface / Tetsumaro Hayashi; Acknowledgments; Introduction-Power and Grace: The Shape of a Tradition / John H. Timmerman; Part I: The Years of Greatness: Steinbeck's Women; 1. ""Your Own Mind Coming Out in the Garden"": Steinbeck's Elusive Woman / John Ditsky; 2. After The Grapes of Wrath: A Speculative Essay on John Steinbeck's Suite of Love Poems for Gwyn, ""The Girl of the Air"" / Robert DeMott; 3. Looking at Lisa: The Function of the Feminine in Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle / Abby H. P. Werlock
- 4. The Dialogic Tension in Steinbeck's Portrait of Curley's Wife / Charlotte Cook HadellaPart II: The Years of Greatness: Steinbeck's Worker Trilogy; 5. Writing ""in Costume"": The Missing Voices of In Dubious Battle / Louis Owens; 6. Sharing Creation: Steinbeck, In Dubious Battle, and the Working-Class Novel in American Literature / Thomas M. Tammaro; 7. Reflections of Doc: The Persona of Ed Ricketts in Of Mice and Men / Thomas Fensch; 8. Tell Again, George / Robert E. Morsberger; 9. The Grapes of Wrath: Steinbeck and the Eternal Immigrant / Mimi Reisel Gladstein
- 10. California Answers The Grapes of Wrath / Susan ShillinglawNotes; Works Cited; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Papers presented by the North American delegates to the Third International Steinbeck Congress, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 27-30, 1991.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-194) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8952-0
- 0-585-26815-0
- OCLC:
- 45729769
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