Reclaiming John Steinbeck: Writing for the Future of Humanity

ISBN-13: 9781108844123 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 262 str.

Gavin Jones

Opis

A reevaluation of John Steinbeck exploring his timely interests in climate change, ecology, and social injustice.

Recenzje

'Careful, balanced, and well written, Jones's book is a pleasure to read … Highly recommended.' B. Diemert, Choice Magazine

Spis treści

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Loving and Hating Steinbeck; 1. Short Stories in School and Lab:'Tularecito' and 'The Snake'; 2. Drought, Climate, and Race in the West: To a God Unknown; 3. Race and Revision: 'The Vigilante' and 'Johnny Bear'; 4. Becoming Animal: Theories of Mind in The Red Pony; 5. What Is It Like to Be a Plant?: 'The Chrysanthemums' and 'The White Quail'; 6. On Not Being a Modernist: Disability and Performance in Of Mice and Men; 7. Emergence and Failure: The Middleness of The Grapes of Wrath; 8. Borderlands: Extinction and the New World Outlook in Sea of Cortez; 9. Mexican Revolutions: The Forgotten Village, The Pearl, and the Global South; Epilogue: The Aftertaste of Cannery Row; Notes; Index.