The Grapes of Wrath: Text and Criticism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780140247756)

John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression follows the western moevement of wone family and a nation in search of work and human dignity. This completely updated Viking Critical Library Edition of The Grapes of Wrath includes the full text of the novel, corrected in 1996, as well as extensive and contextual material including:

• Essays placing The Grapes of Wrath in social context, including a 1942 essay by Carey McWilliams about migrant workers and working conditions and a Martin Schockley piece on the reception of The Grapes of Wrath in Oklahoma
• Eight new essays by John Ditsky, Nellie Y. McKay, MimiReisel Gladstein, Louis Owens, and others
• An essay on the background to the composition of The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck's biographer, Jackson J. Benson
• An introduction by the editor, a chronology, a list of topics for discussion and papers, and a bibliography

Author: John Steinbeck
ISBN-10: 0140247750
ISBN-13: 9780140247756
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1997
Pages: 736
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 25
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 5983 / Grapes of Wrath