{"product_id":"john-steinbeck-a-literary-life-paperback","title":"John Steinbeck: A Literary Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Wagner-Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book aims to both describe and analyze the way Steinbeck learned the writing craft. It begins with his immersion in the short story, some years after he stopped attending Stanford University. Aside from a weak first novel, his professional writing career began with the publication in 1932 of \u003ci\u003eThe Pastures of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e, stories set in the Salinas Valley and dedicated to his parents. From that book he wrote truly commanding stories such as \u003ci\u003eThe Red Pony\u003c\/i\u003e. Intermixed with Steinbeck's journalism about California's labor difficulties, his writing skill led to his 1930 masterpieces, \u003ci\u003e Of Mice and Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Dubious Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath.\u003c\/i\u003e The latter novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940, led eventually to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He continued producing such wide-ranging works as \u003ci\u003eThe Pearl, East of Eden, The Winter of Our Discontent\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTravels with Charley \u003c\/i\u003eup to just a few months before his death in 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book aims to both describe and analyze the way Steinbeck learned the writing craft. It begins with his immersion in the short story, some years after he stopped attending Stanford University. Aside from a weak first novel, his professional writing career began with the publication in 1932 of \u003ci\u003eThe Pastures of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e, stories set in the Salinas Valley and dedicated to his parents. From that book he wrote truly commanding stories such as \u003ci\u003eThe Red Pony\u003c\/i\u003e. Intermixed with Steinbeck's journalism about California's labor difficulties, his writing skill led to his 1930 masterpieces, \u003ci\u003e Of Mice and Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Dubious Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath.\u003c\/i\u003e The latter novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940, led eventually to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He continued producing such wide-ranging works as \u003ci\u003eThe Pearl, East of Eden, The Winter of OurDiscontent\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTravels with Charley \u003c\/i\u003eup to just a few months before his death in 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda Wagner-Martin was awarded the Hubbell Medal for Lifetime Service to American Literature in 2011. She has published more than sixty books about American writers, including influential literary biographies on Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Plath, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Barbara Kingsolver, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, and others. She taught at Wayne State University, Michigan State University, and The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. In the Literary Lives series, she has published works on Ernest Hemingway, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath and Toni Morrison.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 183\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47440486170802,"sku":"9781349716579","price":45.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/HjUT82vJ2y9781349716579.webp?v=1783179461","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/john-steinbeck-a-literary-life-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}