Career, life, and influence -- On John Steinbeck / Don Noble -- Biography of John Steinbeck / Gordon Bergquist -- The Paris review perspective / Hua Hsu -- Critical contexts -- John Steinbeck's critical reception / Matthew J. Bolton -- "Roar like a lion" : the historical and cultural contexts of the works of John Steinbeck / Jennifer Banach -- John Steinbeck, Frank Norris, and literary naturalism / Gurdip Panesar -- "You're kind of untouchable" : women, men, and the environment in The long valley / Cynthia A. Bily -- Critical readings -- John Steinbeck : the favorite author we love to hate / Jackson J. Benson -- Tortilla flat and the creation of a legend / Joseph Fontenrose -- Sharing creation : Steinbeck, In dubious battle, and the working-class novel in American literature / Thomas M. Tammaro -- A historical introduction to Of mice and men / Anne Loftis -- Of mice and men : the dream of commitment / Louis Owens -- Come back to the boxcar, Leslie honey : or, don't cry for me, Madonna, just pass the milk : Steinbeck and sentimentality / John Seelye -- California answers The grapes of wrath / Susan Shillinglaw -- Steinbeck's "self-characters" as 1930s underdogs / Warren G. French -- John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts : understanding life in the great tide pool / James C. Kelley -- Steinbeck's environmental ethic : humanity in harmony with the land / John H. Timmerman -- Steinbeck and the woman question : a never-ending puzzle / Mimi Gladstein -- Steinbeck and ethnicity / Susan Shillinglaw -- Steinbeck's war / Robert E. Morsberger -- Beyond evil : Cathy and Cal in East of Eden / Carol L. Hansen -- Sweet Thursday revisited : an excursion in suggestiveness / Robert DeMott -- "John believed in man" : an interview with Mrs. John Steinbeck / Donald V. Coers.
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