John Steinbeck's Global Dimensions -

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Editeur : Scarecrow Press

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 31/10/2007

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 230

Expédition : 340

Dimensions : 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3

ISBN : 9780810860124

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Biographie:

Kyoko Ariki is professor of English at Shujitsu University in Okayama, Japan. She is the author of The Main Thematic Current in John Steinbeck's Works: A Positive View of Man's Survival (2002) and co-editor of Re-Reading John Steinbeck (2001). In 2006 she received the Burkhardt Award for the Outstanding Steinbeck Scholar of the Year.

Luchen Li is Associate Professor of Humanities and Communication at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. He is the editor of John Steinbeck: A Documentary Volume (2005) and coauthor of Critical Companion to John Steinbeck: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work (2005).

Scott Pugh has taught American literature and cultural studies in Japan for more than twenty years. An Associate Director of the Sixth International Steinbeck Congress in Kyoto, Dr. Pugh serves on the editorial boards of The Steinbeck Review, The Journal of the American Literature Society of Japan, and other publications.

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Sommaire:

Part 1 Foreword
Part 2 Acknowledgments
Part 3 Introduction
Part 4 Part I: Cultural and Social Dimensions in Steinbeck's Work
Chapter 5 1. John Steinbeck's Philosophy Unsettled: A Mind of the East and the West
Chapter 6 2. Steinbeck on the Individual and Community: Implications for Moral Philosophy
Chapter 7 3. Nothing good was ever created by two men: Parallel Passages in Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and John Steinbeck's East of Eden
Chapter 8 4. A Comparative Study of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and Tatsuzo Ishikawa's Soubou (The People)
Chapter 9 5. From Flight to The Pearl: A Thematic Study
Chapter 10 6. Steinbeck's Dysfunctional Families: A Coast-to-Coast Dilemma
Part 11 Part II: Steinbeck's Aesthetic Dimensions
Chapter 12 7. Detached Participation: Steinbeck's Theatrical Vision
Chapter 13 8. John Steinbeck: The Postmodern Mind in the Modern Age
Chapter 14 9. Which Way to Road Space? Between the New Deal and the New Frontier
Chapter 15 10. Horrifying Conclusions: Making Sense of Endings in Steinbeck's Fiction
Part 16 Part III: Steinbeck's Worldwide Readership
Chapter 17 11. Steinbeck Studies in China
Chapter 18 12. John Steinbeck in Slovene Translation and the Writer's Influence on Slovene Narrative Prose
Chapter 19 13. Echoes of Islam in Steinbeck
Chapter 20 14. The Retold Truth: Burning Bright in the Light of the Buddha's Teachings
Chapter 21 15. From Shimmering Planktons to Spinning Planets: Steinbeck's Expanding Quantum Universe and Brahmandanirmana
Chapter 22 16. The Disappearance of the Oriental Philosopher in the Film Adaptation of East of Eden
Part 23 Part IV: Future Directions in Steinbeck Studies
Chapter 24 17. Crossing the Oceans: The Future of Steinbeck Studies in America, Japan, and Beyond
Part 25 Index
Part 26 About the Editors and Contributors