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A political companion to John Steinbeck, edited by Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh and Simon Stow
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- Summary
- Though he was a recipient of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature, American novelist John Steinbeck (1902--1968) has frequently been censored. Even in the twenty-first century, nearly ninety years after his work first appeared in print, Steinbeck's novels, stories, and plays still generate controversy: his 1937 book Of Mice and Men was banned in some Mississippi schools in 2002, and as recently as 2009, he made the American Library Association's annual list of most frequently challenged authors. A Political Companion to John Steinbeck examines the most contentiou
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- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 373 pages)
- Contents
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- Front Cover; TItle Page; Copyright Page; Epigraphs; Contents; Series Foreword; Prologue: John Steinbeck in the 1930s: Living Under the Gun; Introduction: The Dangerous Ambivalence of John Steinbeck; Part I; Chapter 1. Revolutionary Conservative, Conservative Revolutionary? John Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath; Chapter 2. Star Signals: John Steinbeck in the American Protest Literature Tradition; Chapter 3. The Novelist as Playwright: Adaptation, Politics, and the Plays of John Steinbeck; Chapter 4. Steinbeck and the Tragedy of Progress; Part II
- Chapter 5. Group Man and the Limits of Working-Class Politics: The Political Vision of Steinbeck's In Dubious BattleChapter 6. The Indifference of Nature and the Cruelty of Wealth; Chapter 7. ""The Technique of Building Worlds"": Exodian Nation Formation in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath; Part III; Chapter 8. Focusing on the Migrant: The Contextualization of Dorothea Lange's Photographs of the John Steinbeck Committee; Chapter 9. Participatory Parables: Cinema, Social Action, and Steinbeck's Mexican Dilemma; Chapter 10. ""Not Afraid of Being Heroic"": Bruce Springsteen's John Steinbeck
- Chapter 11. Retelling an American Political Tale: A Comparison of Literary, Cinematic, and Musical Versions of The Grapes of WrathPart IV; Chapter 12. Patriotic Ironies: John Steinbeck's Wartime Service to His Country; Chapter 13. John Steinbeck's Shifting View of America: From Travels with Charley to America and Americans; Chapter 14. ""Can You Honestly Love a Dishonest Thing?"" The Tragic Patriotism of The Winter of Our Discontent; Acknowledgments; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index; Series Page
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- 9780813142036
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- A political companion to John Steinbeck
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- A political companion to John Steinbeck
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- edited by Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh and Simon Stow
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- 1900-1999
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Military | Vietnam War
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory
- Political and social views
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Politisches Denken
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Political and social views
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Though he was a recipient of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature, American novelist John Steinbeck (1902--1968) has frequently been censored. Even in the twenty-first century, nearly ninety years after his work first appeared in print, Steinbeck's novels, stories, and plays still generate controversy: his 1937 book Of Mice and Men was banned in some Mississippi schools in 2002, and as recently as 2009, he made the American Library Association's annual list of most frequently challenged authors. A Political Companion to John Steinbeck examines the most contentiou
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- Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto
- Stow, Simon
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- Political companions to great American authors
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- Steinbeck, John
- Steinbeck, John
- Steinbeck, John
- Politics and literature
- HISTORY
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Political and social views
- Politics and literature
- United States
- Politisches Denken
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- A political companion to John Steinbeck, edited by Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh and Simon Stow
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- Front Cover; TItle Page; Copyright Page; Epigraphs; Contents; Series Foreword; Prologue: John Steinbeck in the 1930s: Living Under the Gun; Introduction: The Dangerous Ambivalence of John Steinbeck; Part I; Chapter 1. Revolutionary Conservative, Conservative Revolutionary? John Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath; Chapter 2. Star Signals: John Steinbeck in the American Protest Literature Tradition; Chapter 3. The Novelist as Playwright: Adaptation, Politics, and the Plays of John Steinbeck; Chapter 4. Steinbeck and the Tragedy of Progress; Part II
- Chapter 5. Group Man and the Limits of Working-Class Politics: The Political Vision of Steinbeck's In Dubious BattleChapter 6. The Indifference of Nature and the Cruelty of Wealth; Chapter 7. ""The Technique of Building Worlds"": Exodian Nation Formation in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath; Part III; Chapter 8. Focusing on the Migrant: The Contextualization of Dorothea Lange's Photographs of the John Steinbeck Committee; Chapter 9. Participatory Parables: Cinema, Social Action, and Steinbeck's Mexican Dilemma; Chapter 10. ""Not Afraid of Being Heroic"": Bruce Springsteen's John Steinbeck
- Chapter 11. Retelling an American Political Tale: A Comparison of Literary, Cinematic, and Musical Versions of The Grapes of WrathPart IV; Chapter 12. Patriotic Ironies: John Steinbeck's Wartime Service to His Country; Chapter 13. John Steinbeck's Shifting View of America: From Travels with Charley to America and Americans; Chapter 14. ""Can You Honestly Love a Dishonest Thing?"" The Tragic Patriotism of The Winter of Our Discontent; Acknowledgments; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index; Series Page
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- A political companion to John Steinbeck, edited by Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh and Simon Stow
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
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- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
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- Front Cover; TItle Page; Copyright Page; Epigraphs; Contents; Series Foreword; Prologue: John Steinbeck in the 1930s: Living Under the Gun; Introduction: The Dangerous Ambivalence of John Steinbeck; Part I; Chapter 1. Revolutionary Conservative, Conservative Revolutionary? John Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath; Chapter 2. Star Signals: John Steinbeck in the American Protest Literature Tradition; Chapter 3. The Novelist as Playwright: Adaptation, Politics, and the Plays of John Steinbeck; Chapter 4. Steinbeck and the Tragedy of Progress; Part II
- Chapter 5. Group Man and the Limits of Working-Class Politics: The Political Vision of Steinbeck's In Dubious BattleChapter 6. The Indifference of Nature and the Cruelty of Wealth; Chapter 7. ""The Technique of Building Worlds"": Exodian Nation Formation in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath; Part III; Chapter 8. Focusing on the Migrant: The Contextualization of Dorothea Lange's Photographs of the John Steinbeck Committee; Chapter 9. Participatory Parables: Cinema, Social Action, and Steinbeck's Mexican Dilemma; Chapter 10. ""Not Afraid of Being Heroic"": Bruce Springsteen's John Steinbeck
- Chapter 11. Retelling an American Political Tale: A Comparison of Literary, Cinematic, and Musical Versions of The Grapes of WrathPart IV; Chapter 12. Patriotic Ironies: John Steinbeck's Wartime Service to His Country; Chapter 13. John Steinbeck's Shifting View of America: From Travels with Charley to America and Americans; Chapter 14. ""Can You Honestly Love a Dishonest Thing?"" The Tragic Patriotism of The Winter of Our Discontent; Acknowledgments; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index; Series Page
- Control code
- ocn843331100
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- 1 online resource (x, 373 pages)
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- 9780813142036
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- c
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- Specific material designation
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- (OCoLC)843331100
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Military | Vietnam War
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory
- Political and social views
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Politisches Denken
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Political and social views
- United States
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