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Book SynopsisDemonstrates that even in the short novels there is more depth and sophistication than has generally been acknowledged
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
My Short Novels / John Steinbeck 15
I. Tortilla Flat
1.
Tortilla Flat and the Creation of a Legend / Joseph Fontenrose 19
2. Nonteleological Thinking in Steinbeck's
Tortilla Flat / Robert Gentry 31
II. Of Mice and Men
3. A Historical Introduction to
Of Mice and Men / Anne Loftis 39
4.
Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck's Parable of the Curse of Cain / William Goldhurst 48
5. Of George and Lennie and Curley's Wife: Sweet Violence in Steinbeck's Eden / Mark Spilka 59
III. The Red Pony
6.
The Red Pony as Story Cycle and Film / Warren French 71
7. John Steinbeck's
The Red Pony: A Study in Narrative Technique / Howard Levant 84
IV. The Moon is Down
8. Dr. Winter's Dramatic Functions in
The Moon is Down / Tetsumaro Hayashi 95
9. Steinbeck's "European" Play-Novella:
The Moon is Down / John Ditsky 101
V. Cannery Row
10.
Cannery Row: Escape into the Counterculture / Peter Lisca 111
11. "Some Philosophers in the Sun": Steinbeck's
Cannery Row / Robert S. Hughes Jr. 119
12.
Cannery Row and Steinbeck as Spokesman for the "Folk Tradition" / Jackson J. Benson 132
VI. The Pearl
13. The Shadow and the Pearl: Jungian Patterns in
The Pearl / John H. Timmerman 143
14. Precious Bane: Mining the Fool's Gold of
The Pearl / Michael J. Meyer 161
15. Steinbeck's
The Pearl: Legend, Film, Novel / Roy S. Simmonds 173
VII. Sweet Thursday
16. Steinbeck's Version of the Pastoral / Charles R. Metzger 185
17. Critics and Common Denominators: Steinbeck's
Sweet Thursday / Louis Owens 195
18. Steinbeck's Bittersweet Thursday / Richard Astro 204
VIII. Burning Bright
19.
Burning Bright: The Shining of Joe Saul / Carroll Britch and Clifford Lewis 217
20. Straining for Profundity: Steinbeck's
Burning Bright and
Sweet Thursday / Mimi Reisel Gladstein 234
IX. The Short Reign of Pippin IV
21. Steinbeck's "Deep Dissembler":
The Short Reign of Pippin IV / Louis Owens 249
22. The Narrative Structure of
The Short Reign of Pippin IV / Howard Levant 257
X. Overview
23. Steinbeck and the Stage / Robert E. Morsberger 271
Notes 295
Steinbeck's Short Novels: Comprehensive Checklist of Criticism 315
Contributors 347
