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John Steinbeck's Fiction : The Aesthetics of the Road Taken
author
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Timmerman, John H.
publisher
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University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin
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0806123982
print isbn13
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9780806123981
ebook isbn13
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9780585293219
language
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English
subject
Steinbeck, John,--1902-1968--Criticism and interpretation.
publication date
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1991
lcc
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PS3537.T3234Z928 1991eb
ddc
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813/.52
subject
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Steinbeck, John,--1902-1968--Criticism and interpretation.
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John Steinbeck's Fiction
The Aesthetics of the Road Taken
John H. Timmerman
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS : NORMAN AND LONDON
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Timmerman, John H. John Steinbeck's fiction. Bibliography: p. 297 Includes index. 1. Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968Criticism and interpretation. I. Title PS3537.T3234Z928 1986 813.52 86-40084 ISBN 0-8061-1998-5 (cloth) ISBN 0-8061-2398-3 (pbk.)
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc.
Copyright 1986 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First edition, 1986. First paperback printing, 1991.
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To John J. and Carolyn Jane Timmerman
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Contents
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Abbreviations
xv
1 Steinbeck as Literary Artist
3
2 Individual Freedom and Social Constraint: Cup of Gold
42
3 Dreams and Dreamers: The Short Stories
58
4 Vintage of the Earth: In Dubious Battle and Of Mice and Men
73
5 The Wine of God's Wrath: The Grapes of Wrath
102
6 Angels in Midheaven: The Cannery Row Novels
133
7 Their Deeds Follow Them: The Fiction of the Forties
183
8 Harvest of the Earth: East of Eden
210
9 Voice from Heaven: The Winter of Our Discontent
248
10 "That They May Rest from Their Labors"
266
Notes
275
Selected Bibliography
297
Index
309
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Preface
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost
From the start, whether that start is dated from the stories he wrote in high school and sent out to magazines under a false name and without a return address, or from pieces scratched out in his room at Stanford in lieu of attending classes, John Steinbeck had a clear vision of the literary road he wanted to take. Although it had curious doglegs, detours, and potholes over the course of his career, he followed it with singular determination. He experienced many distractions, as if lured here and there by artistic experiments and innovations. Yet there remains a hard core of purpose and direction in his writing; certain fundamental artistic beliefs and techniques undergird everything he wrote.
The aim of this book is twofold: first, to consider Steinbeck's artistic premises and guiding beliefs, and, second, to appraise the artistic product in the light of those beliefs and according to aesthetic standards for excellence.
Along his own personal road Steinbeck had close friends who affected him profoundly, and whose friendship he acknowledged with gratitude. It would be remiss for me to do less in this work. To Cheryl Heideman, Alma Walhout, and Barb De Vos, whose skills with typewriters, word proces-
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sors, and other electronic mysteries are beyond me, go my thanks. To James Vanden Bosch and Gorden Bordewyk for reading portions of this manuscript, I give much deserved credit. To Edward E. Ericson, whose scholarship I prize as much as his friendship, I give thanks for his unfailing support. To Calvin College for a generous sabbatical, to the Calvin Alumni Association for a research grant, and to Stanford University Libraries for their expert assistance and priceless resources, all things without which scholarship would not exist, go my thanks. And finally, to John J. and Carolyn Jane Timmerman, to whom this book is dedicated, thanks again.
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