“Due to the diverse topics and, for the most part academic, essays, East of Eden: New and Recent Essays serves as a tool for Steinbeck scholars looking for new arguments and critical analyses as well as a primer and supplemental text to those new to Steinbeck’s work. This book could be used to help an Intro to Steinbeck class understand some of the unique themes or conversations taking place around EoE. It could also serve as a starting-point to a study in setting or allegory, as several of the essays inside touch on those elements of fiction.” - Eric W. Riddle, Weber State University, in: Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 69.1 (2015), pp. 107-109

This volume includes one dozen new and recent essays on John Steinbeck’s East of Eden (1952). First commissioned by the late Professor Michael J. Meyer, a renowned Steinbeck scholar, the volume was originally designed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the novel’s publication. The collection contains critical writings from a variety of literary fields. These include the biographical essay, travel essay, essays on varied themes in Steinbeck’s works, writings on critical approaches to Steinbeck and also a new essay on Elia Kazan’s film adaptation of the novel. This volume is of interest for the Steinbeck scholar, the literary critic and also the casual reader seeking new ways to understand Steinbeck’s novel.
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Henry Veggian: Introduction Tom Gage: Steinbeck Knew Dad Better Than I Did David A. Laws: “Literary Landmarks” of East of Eden Florian Schwieger: “Mapping the Land of Nod”: The Spatial Imagination of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden Henry Veggian: Bio-Politics and the Institution of Literature: An Essay on East of Eden, its Critics and its Time Jeremy S. Leatham: Out of Eden: Dualism, Conformity, and Inheritance in Steinbeck’s “Big Book” Elisabeth Bayley: Mimesis, Desire and Lack in John Steinbeck’s East of Eden Scott Dill: An Image of Social Character: Elia Kazan’s East of Eden Gavin Cologne-Brookes: East of Eden County: John Steinbeck, Joyce Carol Oates and the Afterlife of Cathy Trask Danica Čerče: The Status of East of Eden in Slovenia and the Former Yugoslavia Yuji Kami: A Paradoxical World in East of Eden: The Theory of Free Will and the Heritage of Puritanism Bruce Ouderkirk: The Unconventional Morality of East of Eden Alec Gilmore: A Steinbeck Midrash on Genesis 4:7 Contributors Index
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ISBN
9789042037120
Publisert
2013-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Editions Rodopi B.V.
Vekt
508 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet