Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-89) and index.
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Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views. Stanley Kunitz in vulgarity in the novel ; John Ditsky on the novel's last scene ; Brian E. Railsback on Darwinism ; Malcolm Cowley on Steinbeck's "Fight against intolerable wrongs" ; Frederic I. Carpenter on the novel and American transcendentalism ; J. Paul Hunter on the Bible and the novel and the characters of Jim Casy and Rose of Sharon ; Nellie Y. Mckay on social change, the redefinition of family, and motherhood ; Warren French on Steinbeck and modernism ; Stuart L. Burns on the symbol of the turtle ; Edwin T. Bowden on the Okies and isolation ; Mary Ellen Caldwell on chapter 15 and the epitome of The grapes of wrath ; Leslie Gossage on discrepancies between novel and film ; Mimi Reisel Gladstein on Ma Joad's character in John Ford's film -- Works by John Steinbeck.
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Presents a guide to understanding John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath," featuring biographical information about the author, a summary and analysis of the text, a character list, and critical essays.