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Author Shillinglaw, Susan, author.

Title On Reading the Grapes of Wrath / Susan Shillinglaw.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Books, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  813 SHI    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  813.52 SHILLINGLAW    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  Z813 STEINBECK S    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 206 pages ; 19 cm
Summary "Today's foremost Steinbeck scholar writes an extended meditation on the influence of The Grapes of Wrath, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its first publication In this compelling biography of a book, Susan Shillinglaw delves into John Steinbeck's classic to explore the cultural, social, political, scientific, and creative impact of The Grapes of Wrath upon first publication, as well as its enduring legacy. First published in April 1939, Steinbeck's National Book Award-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. The story of their struggle remains eerily relevant in today's America and stands as a portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, "in the souls of the people.""-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-206).
Local Note ENFDNFIC
Subject Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Grapes of wrath.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Influence.
HISTORY / Social History.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
ISBN 9780143125501 paperback
0143125508 paperback
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