{"product_id":"john-steinbeck-a-literary-life-9781349716579","title":"John Steinbeck: A Literary Life","description":"This 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Wagner-Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781349716579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44227046441075,"sku":"9.78135E+12","price":47.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e2f00d02-d19e-40b4-8173-019930c38511.jpg?v=1768398636","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/john-steinbeck-a-literary-life-9781349716579","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}