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Title:

John Steinbeck's short stories / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Publisher:

Bloom's Literary Criticism,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

vii, 137 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Steinbeck, John,--1902-1968--Criticism and interpretation.

Other Authors:

Bloom, Harold ed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

-- The god in the darkness: a study of John Steinbeck and D. H. Lawrence -- The red pony: commitment and quest -- The red pony: "the desolation of loss" -- A search for meaning in "Flight" -- "The chrysanthemums": Steinbeck's pygmalion -- Longing for the lost frontier: Steinbeck's vision of cultural decline in "The white quail" and "The chrysanthemums" -- "Your own mind coming out in the garden": Steinbeck's elusive woman -- Faulkner and Steinbeck: thematic and stylistic resonance in the early stories -- "Surrendering to the feminine": implied author compassion in "The chrysanthemums" and "Hills like white elephants" -- Lonely ladies and landscapes: a comparison of John Steinbeck's "The white quail" and Eudora Welty's "A curtain of green".

Series:

Bloom's modern critical interpretations

ISBN:

160413271X (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781604132717 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2010052557

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)