The essential criticism of John Steinbeck's Of mice and men [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael J. Meyer

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Scarecrow Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.52
• Soggetto topico: Migrant agricultural laborers
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MeyerMichael J. <1943->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Men ; Chapter 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 Wife ; Chapter 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/Solitude ; Chapter 21. Musical Intertextuality in Action: A Directed Reading of Of Mice and Men Appendix; Index; About the Editor and Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: First 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The essential criticism of John Steinbeck's Of mice and men
• ISBN: 1-282-52115-2; 9786612521157; 0-8108-6734-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454997703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II