John Steinbeck's Short Stories ()

Contents......Page 6
Editor’s Note......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
The God in the Darkness: A Study of John Steinbeck and D. H. Lawrence......Page 12
The Red Pony: Commitment and Quest......Page 26
The Red Pony: “The Desolation of Loss”......Page 36
A Search for Meaning in “Flight”......Page 56
“The Chrysanthemums”: Steinbeck’s Pygmalion......Page 64
Longing for the Lost Frontier: Steinbeck’s Vision of Cultural Decline in “The White Quail” and “The Chrysanthemums”......Page 74
“Your Own Mind Coming Out in the Garden”: Steinbeck’s Elusive Woman......Page 84
Faulkner and Steinbeck: Thematic and Stylistic Resonance in the Early Stories......Page 96
“Surrendering to the Feminine”: Implied Author Compassion in “The Chrysanthemums” and “Hills Like White Elephants”......Page 106
Lonely Ladies and Landscapes: A Comparison of John Steinbeck’s “The White Quail” and Eudora Welty’s “A Curtain of Green”......Page 114
Chronology......Page 126
Contributors......Page 130
Bibliography......Page 132
Acknowledgments......Page 136
Index......Page 138