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This volume includes one dozen new and recent essays on John Steinbeckâs East of Eden (1952). First commissioned by the late Professor Michael J. Meyer, a renowned Steinbeck scholar, the volume was originally designed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the novelâs publication. The collection contains critical writings from a variety of literary fields. These include the biographical essay, travel essay, essays on varied themes in Steinbeckâs works, writings on critical approaches to Steinbeck and also a new essay on Elia Kazanâs film adaptation of the novel. This volume is of interest for the Steinbeck scholar, the literary critic and also the casual reader seeking new ways to understand Steinbeckâs novel.
âDue to the diverse topics and, for the most part academic, essays, East of Eden: New and Recent Essays serves as a tool for Steinbeck scholars looking for new arguments and critical analyses as well as a primer and supplemental text to those new to Steinbeckâs work. This book could be used to help an Intro to Steinbeck class understand some of the unique themes or conversations taking place around EoE. It could also serve as a starting-point to a study in setting or allegory, as several of the essays inside touch on those elements of fiction.â - Eric W. Riddle, Weber State University, in: Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 69.1 (2015), pp. 107-109
Henry Veggian: Introduction
Tom Gage: Steinbeck Knew Dad Better Than I Did
David A. Laws: âLiterary Landmarksâ of East of Eden
Florian Schwieger: âMapping the Land of Nodâ: The Spatial Imagination of John Steinbeckâs East of Eden
Henry Veggian: Bio-Politics and the Institution of Literature: An Essay on East of Eden, its Critics and its Time
Jeremy S. Leatham: Out of Eden: Dualism, Conformity, and Inheritance in Steinbeckâs âBig Bookâ
Elisabeth Bayley: Mimesis, Desire and Lack in John Steinbeckâs East of Eden
Scott Dill: An Image of Social Character: Elia Kazanâs East of Eden
Gavin Cologne-Brookes: East of Eden County: John Steinbeck, Joyce Carol Oates and the Afterlife of Cathy Trask
Danica ÄerÄe: The Status of East of Eden in Slovenia and the Former Yugoslavia
Yuji Kami: A Paradoxical World in East of Eden: The Theory of Free Will and the Heritage of Puritanism
Bruce Ouderkirk: The Unconventional Morality of East of Eden
Alec Gilmore: A Steinbeck Midrash on Genesis 4:7
Contributors
Index
Tom Gage: Steinbeck Knew Dad Better Than I Did
David A. Laws: âLiterary Landmarksâ of East of Eden
Florian Schwieger: âMapping the Land of Nodâ: The Spatial Imagination of John Steinbeckâs East of Eden
Henry Veggian: Bio-Politics and the Institution of Literature: An Essay on East of Eden, its Critics and its Time
Jeremy S. Leatham: Out of Eden: Dualism, Conformity, and Inheritance in Steinbeckâs âBig Bookâ
Elisabeth Bayley: Mimesis, Desire and Lack in John Steinbeckâs East of Eden
Scott Dill: An Image of Social Character: Elia Kazanâs East of Eden
Gavin Cologne-Brookes: East of Eden County: John Steinbeck, Joyce Carol Oates and the Afterlife of Cathy Trask
Danica ÄerÄe: The Status of East of Eden in Slovenia and the Former Yugoslavia
Yuji Kami: A Paradoxical World in East of Eden: The Theory of Free Will and the Heritage of Puritanism
Bruce Ouderkirk: The Unconventional Morality of East of Eden
Alec Gilmore: A Steinbeck Midrash on Genesis 4:7
Contributors
Index