After Grapes of Wrath: Essays on John Steinbeck

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Traditionally, the critical reputation of Nobel Prize-winning American novelist John Steinbeck (1902-1968) has rested on his achievements of the 1930s, especially In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), The Long Valley (1938), and, of course, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), one of the most powerful - and arguably one of the greatest - American novels of this century. Book reviewers and academic critics often turned antagonistic toward Steinbeck when he no longer produced works with the sweeping reach and ...
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Traditionally, the critical reputation of Nobel Prize-winning American novelist John Steinbeck (1902-1968) has rested on his achievements of the 1930s, especially In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), The Long Valley (1938), and, of course, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), one of the most powerful - and arguably one of the greatest - American novels of this century. Book reviewers and academic critics often turned antagonistic toward Steinbeck when he no longer produced works with the sweeping reach and social consciousness of The Grapes of Wrath. He was accused of selling out, or co-opting his talent, when in fact the inordinate public success of Grapes and especially its attendant notoriety had caused a backlash for Steinbeck. As a result he became self-conscious about his own ability, and suspicious of that "clumsy vehicle," the novel. The very act of researching and writing Grapes, which occupied him fully for several years and which he had already conceived as his final book on proletarian themes, changed him drastically.
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Many critics and reviewers accused Steinbeck of selling out when he stopped writing works with the sweeping social consciousness of The Grapes of Wrath after 1939. Contributors to this volume assert that Steinbeck's later publications merit closer scrutiny and greater appreciation. Fifteen articles range from general essays to examinations of particular works; also includes a lively recent interview with Elaine Steinbeck, his widow. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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  • ISBN-13: 9780821411025
  • Publisher: Ohio University Press
  • Publication date: 3/28/1995
  • Pages: 265
  • Lexile: 1400L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 6.36 (w) x 9.38 (h) x 1.22 (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
Art for Politics: John Steinbeck and FDR 23
Steinbeck and Ethnicity 40
Of Mice and Music: Scoring Steinbeck Movies 58
The Metamorphosis of The Moon Is Down: March 1942-March 1943 77
Three Strong Women in Steinbeck's The Moon Is Down 95
"The Boat-Shaped Mind": Steinbeck's Sense of Language as Discourse in Cannery Row and Sea of Cortez 101
Passages of Descent and Initiation: Juana as the "Other" Hero of The Pearl 113
The Wayward Bus: Misogyny or Sexual Selection? 125
Work, Blood, and The Wayward Bus 136
Charting East of Eden: A Bibliographical Survey 148
Sweet Thursday Revisited: An Excursion in Suggestiveness 172
Citizen Cain: Ethan Hawley's Double Identity in The Winter of Our Discontent 197
Reading Steinbeck (Re)-Reading America: Travels with Charley and America and Americans 214
America and Americans: The Arthurian Consummation 228
"John Believed in Man": An Interview with Mrs. John Steinbeck 241
Tetsumaro Hayashi: A Checklist of Scholarly Publications 274
Contributors 289
The Editors 292
Index 293
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