New essays on The grapes of wrath
By: edited by David Wyatt.
Contributors: Wyatt, David, 1948-
Series: The American novel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968; Migrant agricultural laborers in literature; Rural families in literature; Labor camps in literature; Depressions in literature; California -- In literature
Description: Four essays and a general introduction provide contemporary readings of The Grapes of Wrath for a general audience. Written in an accessible style, the essays cover the issues and themes of Steinbeck's politics, metaphors of movement and growth, views of women, uses of documentary, and the conversion of the novel into film. The introduction provides a history of the novel's public reception, a summary of the major phases of critical response, and a reading of the novel as an act of returning west to Steinbeck's lost California.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-130).