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John Steinbeck was the last of that generation of American writers which included F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner..
John Steinbeck: A Literary Life
John Steinbeck: A Literary Life by Linda Wagner-Martin Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
188 pp.
Born in , the third of four children, John Steinbeck was the only son of John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck.
$79.55 cloth. The purpose of John Steinbeck: A Literary Life, as with all of the volumes in the Literary Lives series, is to offer a “fascinating” account of the life and career of its title author. The book is divided into twelve chapters, each focusing primarily on a text, or set of texts, within the chronological order of Steinbeck’s career.
Dedicated to Jackson J. Benson, the author of the definitive biography on Steinbeck, Linda Wagner-Martin’s work aims to provide its audience with a casual introduction both to the personal life of John Steinbeck and also to the reception and criticism of the majority of his publications.
The preface provides a condensed overview of Steinbeck’s literary career, working backward from his Nobel Prize Award toward the end of his career to his early education and writing efforts. Chapter 1, “Steinbeck and the Short Story,” and