steinbeck, john

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.

Examines the life of twentieth-century American novelist John Steinbeck, featuring interviews with people who knew and loved the writer, and including discussion of some of his landmark works, and his legacy of literature and activism.

To appreciate and understand John Steinbeck’s stories, students must comprehend what it was like to live during the Great Depression, and they must understand the working man to whom Steinbeck was attempting to appeal. Through direct quotations; biographical details; and in-depth discussions of his style, themes, and form, this text will allow readers to ponder and interpret Steinbeck’s works.