The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck, Updated EditionHarold Bloom Infobase Publishing, 2009 - Criticism John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath, was published in 1939. Set during the Great Depression, the novel follows failed farmer Tom Joad and his family as they head from Oklahoma's Dust Bowl to the promised land of the W |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Grapes of Wrath | 7 |
An Achievement of Genius | 37 |
Ma Joads Role in The Grapes of Wrath | 51 |
The American Joads | 67 |
The Diminution of Ma Joad | 77 |
The Potrayal of Ma Joan in John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath | 93 |
Steinbecks Art of Conversion | 113 |
The Darwinian Grapes of Wrath | 149 |
Steinbecks Legacy in the Songs of Bruce Springsteen | 159 |
Afterthought | 171 |
Chronology | 173 |
Contributors | 177 |
| 181 | |
Acknowledgments | 185 |
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