Danica Cerce

Reading John Steinbeck in Eastern Europe

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the injustice toward Steinbeck's works in Eastern European countries in the period of communist regimes. By taking up various avenues of approach while illuminating Steinbeck's universal relevance, this is an interesting record of past perceptions, stereotypes and myths, and a testament to a new era.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9780761856252
• ISBN-10: 0761856250
• Artikelnr.: 33872503

Autorenporträt

Danica Cerce is an assistant professor of literature in English at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her Steinbeck publications include Pripovedni?tvo Johna Steinbecka (The Narrative Prose of John Steinbeck), numerous articles in academic journals, book chapters, and translations into Slovene. Her other research areas are Australian literature of social realism, contemporary Australian Indigenous literature, and Slovene literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Introduction Part 4 Part One:
Steinbeck and Eastern Europe Chapter 5 Chapter 1: A Political Reading of
Steinbeck's Works in Eastern Europe Chapter 6 Chapter 2: Steinbeck in the
Slovene Cultural Arena: An Overview of Steinbeck Criticism Chapter 7
Chapter 3: Steinbeck's Influence on Slovene Social Realism Chapter 8
Chapter 4: About the Slovene Translations Chapter 9 Chapter 5: The Language
of Of Mice and Men as a Challenge for a Translator Part 10 Part Two: On
Specific Works Chapter 11 Chapter 6: The Grapes of Wrath as Communist
Propaganda Chapter 12 Chapter 7: In Dubious Battle as a lesson of Blind
Commitment Chapter 13 Chapter 8: The Status of East of Eden in Slovenia and
the Former Yugoslavia Part 14 Part Three: A Comparative Reading of John
Steinbeck and Frank Hardy Chapter 15 Chapter 9: Between Admiration and
Rejection: On the Parallels between Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and
Hardy's Power without Glory Chapter 16 Chapter 10: The Portrayal of
Otherness in Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat and Hardy's 'Borker Stories' Part 17
Conclusion Part 18 Works Cited Part 19 A Bibliography of Works by John
Steinbeck Part 20 Index