Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Wagner-Martin, Linda (1936-....). Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : John Steinbeck [Texte imprimé] : a literary life / Linda Wagner-Martin
Publication : London : Palgrave Macmillan, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVIII-183 p.) ; 22 cm
Collection : Literary lives
Lien à la collection : Literary lives
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-174) and index
This book aims to both describe and analyze the way Steinbeck learned the writing
craft. It begins with his immersion in the short story, some years after he stopped
attending Stanford University. Aside from a weak first novel, his professional writing
career began with the publication in 1932 of The Pastures of Heaven, stories set in
the Salinas Valley and dedicated to his parents. From that book he wrote truly commanding
stories such as The Red Pony. Intermixed with Steinbeck's journalism about California's
labor difficulties, his writing skill led to his 1930 masterpieces, Of Mice and Men,
In Dubious Battle, and The Grapes of Wrath. The latter novel, winner of the Pulitzer
Prize for Fiction in 1940, led eventually to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1962. He continued producing such wide-ranging works as The Pearl, East
of Eden, The Winter of our Discontent, and Travels with Charley up to just a few months
before his death in 1968. -- from back cover
Sujet(s) : Steinbeck, John (1902-1968)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781137553812. - ISBN 1137553812. - ISBN 9781137553829 (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb454649534
Notice n° :
FRBNF45464953
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Steinbeck and the short story ; Tortilla Flat, the book of the others ; Journalism v. fiction ; The Grapes of Wrath ; The Sea of Cortez: A leisurely journal of travel and research ; World War II ; Cannery Row and The Pearl ; The Ed Ricketts narratives ; East of Eden and the 1950s ; The Winter of our Discontent ; Travels with Charley ; The Nobel Prize for literature.