The Grapes of Wrath: Text and Criticism; Revised Edition (The Viking Critical Library)

Steinbeck, John

ISBN 10: 0140247750 / ISBN 13: 9780140247756

Editore: Penguin Publishing Group, 1997

Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included. Codice articolo 3IIT2J002BT1_ns

Riassunto:

John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression follows the western moevement of wone family and a nation in search of work and human dignity. This completely updated Viking Critical Library Edition of The Grapes of Wrath includes the full text of the novel, corrected in 1996, as well as extensive and contextual material including:

• Essays placing The Grapes of Wrath in social context, including a 1942 essay by Carey McWilliams about migrant workers and working conditions and a Martin Schockley piece on the reception of The Grapes of Wrath in Oklahoma
• Eight new essays by John Ditsky, Nellie Y. McKay, MimiReisel Gladstein, Louis Owens, and others
• An essay on the background to the composition of The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck's biographer, Jackson J. Benson
• An introduction by the editor, a chronology, a list of topics for discussion and papers, and a bibliography

Informazioni sull?autore: John Steinbeck (1902–1968) was born in Salinas, California, and died in New York City. He remains one of the most prolific and influential authors of his generation and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.

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Titolo: The Grapes of Wrath: Text and Criticism; ...
Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group
Data di pubblicazione: 1997
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: acceptable