Of Mice and Men
Edition: Shillinglaw Introduction (29)
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9780140186420
Copyright date: 1994
Description: While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing Of Mice and Men (1937), creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual's existence meaningful. Of Mice and Men also represents an experiment in form, as Steinbeck described his work, "a kind of a playable novel, written in novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands." A rarity in American letters, it achieved remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films.
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