John Steinbeck: The Contemporary Reviews (American Critical Archives, Series Number 8)

This volume is the first to collect the critical responses of Steinbeck's generation to his many fiction and nonfiction works, as they appeared from the late 1920s on. The articles trace the record of Steinbeck's progress through the 1930s and go on to reflect his steady series of achievements through the 1960s, including his attainment of the Nobel Prize in 1967. These articles offer at last a means of seeing Steinbeck's writings as they were perceived by his contemporaries, whose task it was first to evaluate and interpret them for an ever-growing readership. Cambridge University Press Contents 6 Series Editor's Preface 8 Introduction 10 Cup Of Gold 26 The Pastures Of Heaven 36 To A God Unknown 46 Tortilla Flat 54 Ruth Gannett 55 In Dubious Battle 74 Of Mice And Men (the Novel) 96 The Red Pony 120 Of Mice And Men (the Play) 132 The Long Valley 156 The Grapes Of Wrath 176 The Forgotten Village 218 Sea Of Cortez 226 The Moon Is Down (the Novel) 240 The Moon Is Down (the Play) 264 Cannery Row 294 The Wayward Bus 316 The Pearl 338 A Russian Journal 352 Burning Bright (the Novel) 366 Burning Bright (the Play) 380 The Log From The Sea Of Cortez 394 East Of Eden 406 Sweet Thursday 430 The Short Reign Of Pippin Iv 452 Once There Was A War 466 The Winter Of Our Discontent 476 Travels With Charley In Search Of America 504 America And Americans 522 Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters 532 The Acts Of King Arthur And His Noble Knights 548 Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath 1938-1941 568 Index 580 9780521114097 This volume is the first to collect the critical responses of Steinbeck's generation to his many fiction and non-fiction works, as they appeared from the late 1920s onwards. The articles trace the record of Steinbeck's progress through the 1930s and go on to reflect Steinbeck's steady series of achievements through the 1960s, including his attainment of the Nobel Prize in 1967. These articles offer a means of seeing Steinbeck's writings as they were perceived by his contemporaries, whose task it was first to evaluate and interpret them for an ever-growing readership The American Critical Archives is a series of reference books that provide representative selections of contemporary reviews of the main works of major American authors.This volume is the first to collect the critical responses of Steinbeck's generation to his many fiction and nonfiction works as they appeared from the late 1920's on.These articles offer at last a means of seeing Steinbeck's writings as they were perceived by his contemporaries, whose task it was to be first to evaluate and interpret them for an ever growing readership.