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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823766603321

Autore

McParland Robert

Titolo

Citizen Steinbeck : giving voice to the people / / Robert McParland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-6831-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Contemporary American Literature

Disciplina

813/.52

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Life of John Steinbeck; 2 A Sense of Place; 3 In Dubious Battle; 4 Of Mice and Men; 5 The Grapes of Wrath; 6 Sea of Cortez; 7 Steinbeck at War; 8 The Shorter Novels; 9 East of Eden; 10 America and Americans; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Demonstrating the power a single author can have on generations of individuals around the world, Citizen Steinbeck enables readers to make sense of both the past and the present through the prism of this literary icon's inspirational work.