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Author Cohen, Milton A., author

Title The pull of politics : Steinbeck, Wright, Hemingway, and the Left in the late 1930s / Milton A. Cohen
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 373 pages)
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1; Chapter 1. Steinbeck: 1934-1939; Chapter 2. Wright: 1933-1939; Chapter 3. Hemingway: 1932-1939; Chapter 4. Synthesis: Three Pulls to the Left; Part 2; Chapter 5. The Grapes of Wrath: Passionate Contradictions; Chapter 6. Native Son: Who Is Bigger Thomas?; Chapter 7. For Whom the Bell Tolls: Robert Jordan's (and Ernest Hemingway's) "True Book"; Part 3; Chapter 8. Falling Away; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary "John Steinbeck, Richard Wright, and Ernest Hemingway shared two significant similarities in the late 1930s. First, they wrote the most important American novels of 1939 and 1940: The Grapes of Wrath, Native Son, and For Whom the Bell Tolls, novels that enjoyed enormous critical acclaim and popular success. Second, they had recently gravitated to the Left or were already residing there when they wrote these novels, and their political commitment directly informed their fiction"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2018)
Subject Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Grapes of wrath.
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Native son.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. For whom the bell tolls.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Political and social views
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Political and social views
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 -- Political and social views
SUBJECT Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 -- Political and social views
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. -- Political and social views
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. -- Political and social views
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. For whom the bell tolls
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Native son
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Grapes of wrath
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 fast
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 fast
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 fast
Native son (Wright, Richard) fast
For whom the bell tolls (Hemingway, Ernest) fast
Grapes of wrath (Steinbeck, John) fast
Subject Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Political and social views
Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Politics in literature.
Right and left (Political science) in literature.
1900 - 1999.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Political and social views
Politics and literature
Politics in literature
Right and left (Political science) in literature
STEINBECK, JOHN, 1902-1968. GRAPES OF WRATH.
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018019620
ISBN 9780826274151
0826274153
Other Titles Steinbeck, Wright, Hemingway, and the Left in the late 1930s