John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck

A Literary Life

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John Steinbeck

A Literary Life

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This book aims to both describe and analyze the way Steinbecklearned the writing craft.It begins with his immersion in the short story, some yearsafter he stopped attending Stanford University. Aside from a weak first novel, hisprofessional writing career began with the publication in 1932 of The Pastures of Heaven, stories set in the Salinas Valley and dedicated to his parents. From that bookhewrote truly commanding stories such as The Red Pony. Intermixed with Steinbeck's journalism about California's labor difficulties, his writing skill led to his 1930 masterpieces, Of Mice and Men, In Dubious Battle, and The Grapes of Wrath. The latter novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940, led eventually to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He continued producing such wide-ranging works as The Pearl, East of Eden, The Winter of Our Discontent, and Travels with Charley up to just a few months before his death in 1968.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
ISBN
9781137553829
Topic
Letteratura
Subtopic
Critica letteraria nordamericana

Table of contents

  1. John Steinbeck
  2. 1 Steinbeck and the Short Story
  3. 2 Tortilla Flat, the Book of the Others
  4. 3 Journalism v. Fiction
  5. 4 The Grapes of Wrath
  6. 5 The Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research
  7. 6 World War II
  8. 7 Cannery Row and The Pearl
  9. 8 The Ed Ricketts Narratives
  10. 9 East of Eden and the 1950s
  11. 10 The Winter of Our Discontent
  12. 11 Travels with Charley
  13. 12 The Nobel Prize for Literature
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index