03935nam 2200577Ia 450 991077796790332120230721021720.01-282-52115-297866125211570-8108-6734-6(CKB)1000000000764268(EBL)467187(OCoLC)371213810(SSID)ssj0000149308(PQKBManifestationID)12007511(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149308(PQKBWorkID)10238143(PQKB)11195045(MiAaPQ)EBC467187(Au-PeEL)EBL467187(CaPaEBR)ebr10362441(CaONFJC)MIL252115(EXLCZ)99100000000076426820081125d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe essential criticism of John Steinbeck's Of mice and men[electronic resource] /edited by Michael J. MeyerLanham, MD Scarecrow Press20091 online resource (364 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-6733-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor's Note; Part I. The 1930's; Chapter 01. Book Reviews; Part II. The 1940's and 1950's; Chapter 02. The Wide World of John Steinbeck, Chapter 8; Part III. The 1930's and 1970's; Chapter 03. John Steinbeck's Parable of the Curse of Cain; Chapter 04. Of George and Lennie and Curley's Wife: Sweet Violence in Steinbeck's Eden; Chapter 05. The Novels of John Steinbeck, Excerpt from Chapter 5; Chapter 06. Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (Novel) (1937); Part IV. The 1980's; Chapter 07. A Game of Cards in Steinbeck's Of Mice and MenChapter 08. John Steinbeck's Fiction: The Aesthetics of the Road Taken: "Of Mice and Men" (Chapter 4)Part V. The 1990's; Chapter 09. A Historical Introduction to Of Mice and Men; Chapter 10. Manhood Beset: Misogyny in Of Mice and Men; Chapter 11. Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (1937); Chapter 12. Of Mice and Men: Steinbeck's Speculations in Manhood; Chapter 13. Queer Borders: Figures from the 1930's for U.S.-Canadian Relations; Part VI. Since 2000; Chapter 14. Of Mice and Men: A Story of Innocence Retained; Chapter 15. Of Mice and Men: Creating and Re-Creating Curley's WifeChapter 16. Deadly Kids, Stinking Dogs, and Heroes: The Best Laid Plans in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men Chapter 17. Reading the Character of Crooks in Of Mice and Men: A Black Writer's Perspective; Part VII. New Essays; Chapter 18. Reduced to Nothing: Race, Lynching, and Erasure in the Theater Revision of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men; Chapter 19. Emotion Recollected in Tranquility: A Context for Romanticism in Of Mice and Men.; Chapter 20: One Is the Loneliest Number: Steinbeck's Paradoxical Attraction and Repulsion to Isolation/SolitudeChapter 21. Musical Intertextuality in Action: A Directed Reading of Of Mice and Men Appendix; Index; About the Editor and ContributorsFirst published in 1937, Of Mice and Men has been a staple of American literature ever since. Divided by decade, The Essential Criticism of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men provides an overview of criticism over the 70 years the book has been in print. Michael J. Meyer has assembled significant articles and book excerpts from critics and reviewers, citing the early book reviews and highlighting some of the most significant essays.Migrant agricultural laborersFictionMigrant agricultural laborers813/.52Meyer Michael J.1943-1520382MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777967903321The essential criticism of John Steinbeck's Of mice and men3761864UNINA