This collection reviews what has been categorized as the 'good' and the 'bad' of Steinbeck's short novels, looking beyond the careless labeling that has characterized a great deal of commentary on Steinbeck's writing to the true strengths and weaknesses of the works.
This collection reviews what has been categorized as the 'good' and the 'bad' of Steinbeck's short novels, looking beyond the careless labeling that has characterized a great deal of commentary on Steinbeck's writing to the true strengths and weaknesses of the works.
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 My Short Novels / John Steinbeck 15 I. Tortilla Flat 1. Tortilla Flat and the Creation of a Legend / Joseph Fontenrose 19 2. Nonteleological Thinking in Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat / Robert Gentry 31 II. Of Mice and Men 3. A Historical Introduction to Of Mice and Men / Anne Loftis 39 4. Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck's Parable of the Curse of Cain / William Goldhurst 48 5. Of George and Lennie and Curley's Wife: Sweet Violence in Steinbeck's Eden / Mark Spilka 59 III. The Red Pony 6. The Red Pony as Story Cycle and Film / Warren French 71 7. John Steinbeck's The Red Pony: A Study in Narrative Technique / Howard Levant 84 IV. The Moon is Down 8. Dr. Winter's Dramatic Functions in The Moon is Down / Tetsumaro Hayashi 95 9. Steinbeck's "European" Play-Novella: The Moon is Down / John Ditsky 101 V. Cannery Row 10. Cannery Row: Escape into the Counterculture / Peter Lisca 111 11. "Some Philosophers in the Sun": Steinbeck's Cannery Row / Robert S. Hughes Jr. 119 12. Cannery Row and Steinbeck as Spokesman for the "Folk Tradition" / Jackson J. Benson 132 VI. The Pearl 13. The Shadow and the Pearl: Jungian Patterns in The Pearl / John H. Timmerman 143 14. Precious Bane: Mining the Fool's Gold of The Pearl / Michael J. Meyer 161 15. Steinbeck's The Pearl: Legend, Film, Novel / Roy S. Simmonds 173 VII. Sweet Thursday 16. Steinbeck's Version of the Pastoral / Charles R. Metzger 185 17. Critics and Common Denominators: Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday / Louis Owens 195 18. Steinbeck's Bittersweet Thursday / Richard Astro 204 VIII. Burning Bright 19. Burning Bright: The Shining of Joe Saul / Carroll Britch and Clifford Lewis 217 20. Straining for Profundity: Steinbeck's Burning Bright and Sweet Thursday / Mimi Reisel Gladstein 234 IX. The Short Reign of Pippin IV 21. Steinbeck's "Deep Dissembler": The Short Reign of Pippin IV / Louis Owens 249 22. The Narrative Structure of The Short Reign of Pippin IV / Howard Levant 257 X. Overview 23. Steinbeck and the Stage / Robert E. Morsberger 271 Notes 295 Steinbeck's Short Novels: Comprehensive Checklist of Criticism 315 Contributors 347
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 My Short Novels / John Steinbeck 15 I. Tortilla Flat 1. Tortilla Flat and the Creation of a Legend / Joseph Fontenrose 19 2. Nonteleological Thinking in Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat / Robert Gentry 31 II. Of Mice and Men 3. A Historical Introduction to Of Mice and Men / Anne Loftis 39 4. Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck's Parable of the Curse of Cain / William Goldhurst 48 5. Of George and Lennie and Curley's Wife: Sweet Violence in Steinbeck's Eden / Mark Spilka 59 III. The Red Pony 6. The Red Pony as Story Cycle and Film / Warren French 71 7. John Steinbeck's The Red Pony: A Study in Narrative Technique / Howard Levant 84 IV. The Moon is Down 8. Dr. Winter's Dramatic Functions in The Moon is Down / Tetsumaro Hayashi 95 9. Steinbeck's "European" Play-Novella: The Moon is Down / John Ditsky 101 V. Cannery Row 10. Cannery Row: Escape into the Counterculture / Peter Lisca 111 11. "Some Philosophers in the Sun": Steinbeck's Cannery Row / Robert S. Hughes Jr. 119 12. Cannery Row and Steinbeck as Spokesman for the "Folk Tradition" / Jackson J. Benson 132 VI. The Pearl 13. The Shadow and the Pearl: Jungian Patterns in The Pearl / John H. Timmerman 143 14. Precious Bane: Mining the Fool's Gold of The Pearl / Michael J. Meyer 161 15. Steinbeck's The Pearl: Legend, Film, Novel / Roy S. Simmonds 173 VII. Sweet Thursday 16. Steinbeck's Version of the Pastoral / Charles R. Metzger 185 17. Critics and Common Denominators: Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday / Louis Owens 195 18. Steinbeck's Bittersweet Thursday / Richard Astro 204 VIII. Burning Bright 19. Burning Bright: The Shining of Joe Saul / Carroll Britch and Clifford Lewis 217 20. Straining for Profundity: Steinbeck's Burning Bright and Sweet Thursday / Mimi Reisel Gladstein 234 IX. The Short Reign of Pippin IV 21. Steinbeck's "Deep Dissembler": The Short Reign of Pippin IV / Louis Owens 249 22. The Narrative Structure of The Short Reign of Pippin IV / Howard Levant 257 X. Overview 23. Steinbeck and the Stage / Robert E. Morsberger 271 Notes 295 Steinbeck's Short Novels: Comprehensive Checklist of Criticism 315 Contributors 347
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