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Steinbeck's Landscapes: Where Story Meets Place (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781643260044)
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xFrom one of the foremost scholars on the subject, comes our most in-depth look at John Steinbeck as a writer deeply connected to the natural world. Among the many reasons that John Steinbeck has ascended to the highest tier of the American Literary Canon is his championing of the working man.
What we don't often consider, however, is that his vision as a writer was fundamentally ecological, looking at man and nature holistically. To understand people, you had to know something about the trees and flowers they planted, the soil they tilled, the geography that shaped their consciousness--the animating spirit of place. Steinbeck's Landscapes highlights the environments that the Noble Prize winning author cherished and explored throughout his life and career, and examines the iconic stories those rivers, valleys, plants, animals, and weather patterns inspired. The result is a new and fuller understanding of Steinbeck's work, and how nature serves to reflect, cast a harsh light upon, or magnify the action. As this fully illustrated treasure shows, for Steinbeck, the world around us fundamentally shapes human experience and the human spirit. All life is connected.
Author: Susan Shillinglaw
ISBN-10: 1643260049
ISBN-13: 9781643260044
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Language: English
Published: 09/08/2026
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Size: 9.25h x 7.25w x 0.99d
What we don't often consider, however, is that his vision as a writer was fundamentally ecological, looking at man and nature holistically. To understand people, you had to know something about the trees and flowers they planted, the soil they tilled, the geography that shaped their consciousness--the animating spirit of place. Steinbeck's Landscapes highlights the environments that the Noble Prize winning author cherished and explored throughout his life and career, and examines the iconic stories those rivers, valleys, plants, animals, and weather patterns inspired. The result is a new and fuller understanding of Steinbeck's work, and how nature serves to reflect, cast a harsh light upon, or magnify the action. As this fully illustrated treasure shows, for Steinbeck, the world around us fundamentally shapes human experience and the human spirit. All life is connected.
Author: Susan Shillinglaw
ISBN-10: 1643260049
ISBN-13: 9781643260044
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Language: English
Published: 09/08/2026
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Size: 9.25h x 7.25w x 0.99d
By Susan Shillinglaw
xSusan Shillinglaw, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of English at San Jose State University, where she taught American and Western literature for 37 years. For 18 years she was Director of the University's Center for Steinbeck Studies, where she edited a newsletter and organized several international conferences. In 2013 she was honored as SJSU President's Scholar. From 2015-18 she was Director of Salinas's National Steinbeck Center.
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