steinbeck, john

Chronicles the life and career of author and Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck, exploring his long apprenticeship as a writer struggling throught the Great Depression and his rise to greatness with novels such as The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath.

A collection of essays exploring poverty depicted in John Steinbeck's "The Pearl", with background information about the author, historical and contemporary views on poverty, and a time line of the author's life and work.

Contains four clips about John Steinbeck's novel, focusing on context, characters, themes, and writing style.

Includes a brief biography of John Steinbeck, thematic and structural analysis of "The Grapes of Wrath", critical views, and more. Includes teacher notes.

Collection of the articles Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent for Newsday, a Long Island newspaper, while he traveled throughout Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

Dr. Susan Shillinglaw of the Center for Steinbeck Studies discusses labor exploitation in the Salinas Valley during the Depression era to reinforce an appreciation of the lifestyle faced by migrant laborers.

Collects critical essays on John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," including selections by Kathleen Hicks, Tom Barden, Mimi Reisel Gladstein, and others; and includes a chronology of the life of the author.

Includes a brief biography of John Steinbeck, thematic and structural analysis of "Of Mice and Men", critical views, and more. Includes teacher notes.

"Through a diversity of primary source resources that include works by politicians and literary figures, book reviews, and interviews, this book enables student readers to better understand literature of the Great Depression in context through original documents; provides readers with an understanding of the great cultural issues of life in America in the 1930s; integrates and aligns material for the ELA Common Core Standards and American literature and social studies curriculum, supplying useful tools to support literary works--analysis, history, document excerpts, discussion questions, and areas for study; places three of the most significant writers of the decade within the sources of turmoil that affected their fiction; enables readers to construct their own visions of how three great writers represented the changing aspects of American culture in that era"--Provided by publisher.