John Steinbeck's nonfiction revisited /

Best known as a novelist - especially for The Grapes of Wrath, his heartfelt portrayal of disenfranchised dustbowl farmers in the 1930s - John Steinbeck nonetheless devoted a good portion of his literary energies to nonfiction. In this study, Warren French looks at the entire body of Steinbeck'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	French, Warren G., 1922-2009
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : London : Twayne Publishers ; Prentice Hall International, [1996]
Series:	Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 662.
Subjects:	Steinbeck, John, > 1902-1968 > Criticism and interpretation. Steinbeck, John, > 1902-1968 > Knowledge and learning. Steinbeck, John > 1902-1968 > Criticism and interpretation. Steinbeck, John > 1902-1968 > Knowledge and learning. Steinbeck, John, > 1902-1968 Steinbeck, John, > (1902-1968) > Critique et interprétation. Steinbeck, John. Learning and scholarship Nichtfiktionale Prosa English fiction United States Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.

Table of Contents:

A journalist at heart
Discovering a mission
Escape into the Sea of Cortez
Artist as propagandist
Once there was a war
A Russian journal
The quest for Zapata
Journal of a novel
One American in Paris
Travels with Charley in search of America
America and Americans
"Letters to Alicia"
A legacy in disarray.