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Hardcover. Condizione: New. This book is a comprehensive study of the whole oeuvre of John Steinbeck, his fiction about the Depression era of the Thirties and the Dust Bowl trilogy, encounter with the American Dream and the prevailing socio-economic and political conditions of both depressions / post-depression torments. The writings of Steinbeck still form major documents of Twentieth century American literature presenting challenges and problems to the reader using the tools of Dream and Depression from the Marxist point of view, the author has brought out Steinbeck's philosophical moorings and sociological preoccupation. A study of this book is a must if Steinbeck's esoteric doctrine and fiction have to be seen as a systematic whole under close scrutiny. As literary artist par excellence Steinbeck provides a new and authentic vision, the American scene from an attitude of social determination. The most significant works like The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden and The Winter of our Discontent have been perceptively analyzed and examined in the context of American Dream of success. A fresh interpretation thus offered in the book makes it a compulsory reading for researchers and students who intend to make an earnest study of Steinbeck and his times. …