John Steinbeck (Critical insights)

Contents......Page 6
About This Volume -
Don Noble......Page 8
CAREER, LIFE, AND
INFLUENCE......Page 26
On John Steinbeck -
Don Noble......Page 28
Biography of John Steinbeck -
Gordon Bergquist......Page 32
The Paris Review Perspective -
Hua Hsu for The Paris Review......Page 40
CRITICAL
CONTEXTS......Page 44
John Steinbeck’s Critical Reception -
Matthew J. Bolton......Page 46
“Roar Like a Lion”: The Historical and Cultural Contexts of the Works of John Steinbeck -
Jennifer Banach......Page 63
John Steinbeck, Frank Norris, and Literary Naturalism -
Gurdip Panesar......Page 84
“You’re Kind of Untouchable”: Women, Men, and the Environment in The Long Valley -
Cynthia A. Bily......Page 100
CRITICAL
READINGS......Page 116
John Steinbeck: The Favorite Author We Love to Hate -
Jackson J. Benson......Page 118
Tortilla Flat and the Creation of a Legend -
Joseph Fontenrose......Page 135
Sharing Creation: Steinbeck, In Dubious Battle, and the Working-Class Novel in American Literature -
Thomas M. Tammaro......Page 149
A Historical Introduction to Of Mice and Men -
Anne Loftis......Page 159
Of Mice and Men: The Dream of Commitment -
Louis Owens......Page 170
Come Back to the Boxcar, Leslie Honey: Or, Don’t Cry for Me, Madonna, Just Pass the Milk: Steinbeck and Sentimentality -
John Seelye......Page 177
California Answers The Grapes of Wrath -
Susan Shillinglaw......Page 202
Steinbeck’s “Self-Characters” as 1930s Underdogs -
Warren G. French......Page 222
John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts: Understanding Life in the Great Tide Pool -
James C. Kelley......Page 233
Steinbeck’s Environmental Ethic: Humanity in Harmony with the Land -
John H. Timmerman......Page 252
Steinbeck and the Woman Question: A Never-Ending Puzzle -
Mimi Gladstein......Page 267
Steinbeck and Ethnicity -
Susan Shillinglaw......Page 277
Steinbeck’s War -
Robert E. Morsberger......Page 300
Beyond Evil: Cathy and Cal in East of Eden -
Carol L. Hansen......Page 335
Sweet Thursday Revisited: An Excursion in Suggestiveness -
Robert DeMott......Page 345
“John Believed in Man”: An Interview with Mrs. John Steinbeck -
Donald V. Coers......Page 377
RESOURCES......Page 416
Chronology of John Steinbeck’s Life......Page 418
Works by John Steinbeck......Page 421
Bibliography......Page 423
About The Paris Review......Page 428
Contributors......Page 430
Acknowledgments......Page 433
Index......Page 435