A political companion to John Steinbeck / edited by Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh and Simon Stow.

Other author Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto, 1951- editor.
Other author Stow, Simon, editor.
Format Book
PublicationLexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
Description373 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968--Political and social views.
Politics and literature--United States. --History. --20th century.

SeriesPolitical companions to great American authors
Political companions to great American authors. ^A1063020
Contents Prologue: John Steinbeck in the 1930s: living under the gun / Rick Wartzman -- Introduction: the dangerous ambivalence of John Steinbeck / Simon Stow -- Revolutionary conservative, conservative revolutionary? John Steinbeck and The grapes of wrath / Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh -- Star signals: John Steinbeck in the American protest literature tradition / Zoe Trodd -- The novelist as playwright: adaptation, politics, and the plays of John Steinbeck / Donna Kornhaber -- Steinbeck and the tragedy of progress / Adrienne Akins Warfield -- Group man and the limits of working-class politics: the political vision of Steinbeck's In dubious battle / Charles Williams -- The indifference of nature and the cruelty of wealth / Michael T. Gibbons -- "The technique of building worlds": exodian nation formation in John Steinbeck's The grapes of wrath / Roxanne Harde -- Focusing on the migrant: the contextualization of Dorothea Lange's photographs of the John Steinbeck Committee / James R. Swenson -- Participatory parables: cinema, social action, and Steinbeck's Mexican dilemma / Marijane Osborn -- "Not afraid of being heroic": Bruce Springsteen's John Steinbeck / Lauren Onkey -- Retelling an American political tale: a comparison of literary, cinematic, and musical versions of The grapes of wrath / Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh -- Patriotic ironies: John Steinbeck's wartime service to his country / Mimi R. Gladstein and James H. Meredith -- John Steinbeck's shifting view of America: from Travels with Charley to America and Americans / Robert S. Hughes -- "Can you honestly love a dishonest thing?" The tragic patriotism of The winter of our discontent / Simon Stow.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 353-356) and index.
LCCN 2013003757
ISBN9780813142029 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813142024 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40022472247