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The effect of Steinbeck's preoccupation with ecology and marine biology on his writings.

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"Few American literary figures have elicited so much response from the scientific community - and extremely lucid commentary at that - as Steinbeck. What is accomplished is a sharper definition of Steinbeck as environmentalist, a description previously used all too nebulously, an aspect of Steinbeck's political awareness that has not been given its fair share of attention.... A most necessary addition." - Choice "Each of the editors writes an introduction to the book from the perspective of a literary scholar who is new to Steinbeck (Beegel), from the perspective of a Steinbeck specialist (Shillinglaw), and from the perspective of a field scientist (Tiffney). This pattern is carried out throughout the collection by the various contributors who are also non-specialist literary scholars, Steinbeck specialists, or scientists. The essays are well done and some are exceptional, but what raises this book above so many anthologies of criticism on a single author is once again the rich variety of approaches, which are, nevertheless, brought together into a unified whole." - South Atlantic Review"

Steinbeck and the Environment Interdisciplinary Approaches

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    A Paperback by Susan F. Beegel, Susan Shillinglaw, Wesley Tiffney

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      Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780817354879, 978-0817354879
      ISBN10: 0817354875
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The effect of Steinbeck's preoccupation with ecology and marine biology on his writings.

      Trade Review
      "Few American literary figures have elicited so much response from the scientific community - and extremely lucid commentary at that - as Steinbeck. What is accomplished is a sharper definition of Steinbeck as environmentalist, a description previously used all too nebulously, an aspect of Steinbeck's political awareness that has not been given its fair share of attention.... A most necessary addition." - Choice "Each of the editors writes an introduction to the book from the perspective of a literary scholar who is new to Steinbeck (Beegel), from the perspective of a Steinbeck specialist (Shillinglaw), and from the perspective of a field scientist (Tiffney). This pattern is carried out throughout the collection by the various contributors who are also non-specialist literary scholars, Steinbeck specialists, or scientists. The essays are well done and some are exceptional, but what raises this book above so many anthologies of criticism on a single author is once again the rich variety of approaches, which are, nevertheless, brought together into a unified whole." - South Atlantic Review"

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