John Steinbeck

✍ Scribed by Harold Bloom

• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 185
• Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Views
• Edition: Updated
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This edition of the series Bloom’s Major Short Story Writers reviews the work of John Steinbeck. Studied works include short stories in The Red Pony as well as ''The Chrysthanthemums,'' ''The White Quail,'' and ''Flight.''

This title also features a biography of John Steinbeck, a user guide, a detailed thematic analysis of each short story, a list of characters in each story, a complete bibliography of Steinbeck’s works, an index of themes and ideas, and editor’s notes and introduction by Harold Bloom.

This series, Bloom’s Major Short Story Writers, is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time. The world’s most prominent writers of short stories are covered in one series with expert analysis by Bloom and other critics. These titles contain a wealth of information on the writers and short stories that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Editor’s Note......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
The Pearl and e Old Man and the Sea: A Comparative Analysis......Page 16
Of Mice and Men: The Dream of Commitment......Page 26
John Steinbeck’s the Red Pony: A Study in Narrative Technique......Page 32
“Happy[?]-Wife-and-Motherdom” 1: The Portrayal of Ma Joad in John Steinbeck’s e Grapes of Wrath......Page 42
The Front Line of Poverty......Page 62
“Working at the Impossible”: The Presence of Moby-Dick in East of Eden......Page 86
Revisiting the Sea of Cortez with a “Green” Perspective......Page 114
Natural Wisdom: Steinbeck’s Men of Nature as Prophets and Peacemakers......Page 126
Steinbeck’s Light......Page 136
Steinbeck and the Great Depression......Page 150
Chronology......Page 170
Contributors......Page 174
Bibliography......Page 176
Acknowledgments......Page 179
Index......Page 181