{"product_id":"john-steinbeck-and-his-contemporaries","title":"John Steinbeck and His Contemporaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn March of 2006, scholars from around the world gathered in Sun Valley, Idaho for a conference devoted to not only John Steinbeck but also to the authors whose work influenced, informs, or illuminates his writings. This volume represents the many unique papers delivered at that conference by scholars from around the world. This collection includes studies on authors who influenced Steinbeck's work, discussions of writers whose work is in dialogue with Steinbeck, and examinations of Steinbeck's contemporaries, whose individual works invite comparisons with those of the Nobel-prize winning author. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevealing Steinbeck's penchant for culling \"all old books,\" the first section focuses on Steinbeck's European forebears, particularly Sir Thomas Malory's retelling of the legend of King Arthur, \u003ci\u003eLe Morte d'Arthur\u003c\/i\u003e, and Henry Fielding's novel \u003ci\u003eTom Jones\u003c\/i\u003e. This section also includes articles on his American forebears: Walt Whitman and Sarah Orne Jewett. The second part, \"Steinbeck, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Cather\" includes a personal reminiscence by Ernest Hemingway's daughter-in-law, Valerie, as well as comparisons of Steinbeck with other great American authors of the 20th century. The third section includes an essay by National Book Award winner Charles Johnson (\u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as articles that compare Steinbeck's work with Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison. Further articles are concerned with Steinbeck's moral philosophy and strong sense of social justice, eliciting comparisons with Sinclair Lewis, Tom Kristensen, and Charles Johnson. The fourth section, \"Steinbeck, the Arts, and the World\" includes articles on the film adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Moon Is Down\u003c\/i\u003e, on Steinbeck and Mexican Modernism, on the American experience as portrayed in \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e and Raymond Chandler's \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, and on Steinbeck and ecocriticism. The book fittingly concludes with John Ditsky's keynote address, \"In Search of a Language: Steinbeck and Others,\" which was delivered\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scarecrow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225078550872,"sku":"9780810860100","price":87.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780810860100_fb954ebe-c04f-4afc-aa04-67f8b8575a73.jpg?v=1761172212","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/john-steinbeck-and-his-contemporaries","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}