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Steinbeck's imaginarium
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- Book Synopsis
- In Steinbeck's Imaginarium, Robert DeMott delves into the imaginative, creative, and sometimes neglected aspects of John Steinbeck's writing. DeMott positions Steinbeck as a prophetic voice for today as much as he was for the Depression-era 1930s as the essays explore the often unknown or unacknowledged elements of Steinbeck's artistic career that deserve closer attention. He writes about the determining scientific influences, such as quantum physics and ecology, in Cannery Row and considers Steinbeck's addiction to writing through the lens of the extensive, obsessive full-length journals that he kept while writing three of his best-known novels--The Grapes of Wrath, The Wayward Bus, and East of Eden. DeMott insists that these monumental works of fiction all comprise important statements on his creative process and his theory of fiction writing. DeMott further blends his personal experience as a lifelong angler with a reading of several neglected fishing episodes in Steinbeck's work. Collectively, the chapters illuminate John Steinbeck as a fully conscious, self-aware, literate, experimental novelist whose talents will continue to warrant study and admiration for years to come.
- About The Author
- Robert DeMott is the Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Ohio University in Athens. He was a founding member of the original Steinbeck Quarterly and has been a long-standing member on the editorial boards of The Steinbeck Newsletter and Steinbeck Review. A former acting director of San Jose State University's Steinbeck Research Center (1984-1985), he was awarded the National Steinbeck Center's Trustees Award for significant contributions to Steinbeck Studies in 2006. DeMott is the author of Steinbeck's Reading: A Catalogue of Books Owned and Borrowed and Steinbeck's Typewriter: Essays on His Art. He is also the editor of Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath and the Library of America's four-volume edition of Steinbeck's works.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780826364289
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press, (30 November 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 200
- Weight
- 363 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 231 x 152 x 25 mm
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