The American dream in John Steinbeck's of Mice and men
By: Hayley Mitchell Haugen, editor.
Contributors: Haugen, Hayley Mitchell, 1968-
Series: Social issues in literature
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737748482; 9780737748499
Subjects: Steinbeck, John, -- 1902-1968; National characteristics, American, in literature; Social values in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background on John Steinbeck : John Steinbeck: the man and his work contemporary literary criticism select; title: Steinbeckers quo's experience as a ranch hand informed; title: "Of mice and men" / Jay Parini; title: The Social Environment in "Of mice and men"  Exploring Novels; title: "Of Mice and Men" : American Dream : Characters in "Of mice and men"  Search for the Promise of America / Kenneth D. Swan; title: Of Mice and Men Describes Just One Phase of the American Dream / Frederick I. Carpenter; title: Of Mice and Men offers a pessimistic view of the American Dream / Duncan Reith; title: The American Eden in "Of mice and men"  is an illusion / Louis Owens; title: A close reading reveals that the American Dream is doomed in "Of Mice and Men"  / John Timmerman; title: Steinbeck explores the American Dream through language, action, and symbols in Of Mice and Men / Peter Lisca; title: Capitalism thwarts the American Dream in Of Mice and Men / John L. Marsden - More Than a Symbolic Figure, Curley quos Wife in Of Mice and Men struggles toward her own American Dream / Charlotte Cooke Hadella; title: Curley quos wife is alienated from the American Dream in Of Mice and Men / Lesley Broder; title: Homelessness creates loneliness in Of Mice and Men / Winifred Dusenbury Frazer; title: Contemporary perspectives on the American Dream : reconsidering the American Dream / David Kamp; title: The dangerous side of the American Dream / Peter C. Whybrow; title: For Immigrants, the American Dream is becoming out of reach / Judy Keen; title: Closed off to most citizens, the American Dream struggles to survive / Aziz Rana; title: The American Dream is alive and well / Stephen Moore.