附註:"A contemporary literary views book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-70) and index.
User's guide -- Introduction -- Biography of John Steinbeck -- Thematic and structural analysis -- List of characters -- Critical views -- Christopher Isherwood on The Grapes of Wrath as propaganda -- Harry Thornton Moore on Steinbeck's dialogue -- Frederic I. Carpenter on Jim Casy as philosopher -- Maxwell Geismar on Steinbeck's sentimentality -- Lewis Gannett on Steinbeck's state of mind -- F.W. Watt on suffering and triumph in The Grapes of Wrath -- Joseph Fontenrose on religious symbolism in The Grapes of Wrath -- Howard Levant on allegory in The Grapes of Wrath -- Floyd C. Watkins on Steinbeck's ignorance of the Okies -- Sylvia Jenkins Cook on Steinbeck's interest in group behavior -- Warren Motley on Ma Joad -- John J. Conder on Steinbeck's views of the human being's two selves -- John H. Timmerman on Jim Casy -- Louis Owens on Native Americans in The Grapes of Wrath -- William Howarth on the ending of The Grapes of Wrath -- Susan Shillinglaw on Corporate Farmers' attacks on The Grapes of Wrath -- Warren French on individual and society in The Grapes of Wrath -- Books by John Steinbeck -- Works about John Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath -- Index of themes and ideas.
摘要:A guide to John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, offering biographical information about the author, analysis of the text, a character list, and critical essays.
