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John Steinbeck

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Biography

Name: John Ernst Steinbeck
Birth Date: February 27, 1902
Death Date: December 20, 1968
Place of Birth: Salinas, California, United States
Place of Death: New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of John Ernst Steinbeck
800 words, approx. 3 pages
John Ernst Steinbeck (1902-1968), American author and winner of the Nobel Prize in 1962, was a leading exponent of the proletarian novel and a prominent spokesman for the victims of the Great Depression. John Steinbeck was born on Feb. 27, 1902, in...
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Biography of John Ernst Steinbeck
17,621 words, approx. 59 pages
Through a career which spanned four decades, John Steinbeck was a novelist of people. His best books are about ordinary men and women, simple souls who do battle against dehumanizing social forces or who struggle against their own inhumane tendencies...
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Biography of John (Ernst) Steinbeck
16,102 words, approx. 54 pages
Throughout a career which spanned four decades, John Steinbeck was a novelist of people. His best books are about ordinary men and women, simple souls who do battle against dehumanizing social forces or who struggle against their own inhumane...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Steinbeck, John (1902-1968) Summary
707 words, approx. 2 pages
A native Californian, writer John Steinbeck built his career on stories based primarily in Northern and Central California, around his hometown of Salinas, near Monterey. Best known for the novels Of Mice and Men (1937), The Grapes of Wrath (1939), and...
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John Steinbeck Information
6,557 words, approx. 22 pages
John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27 1902 – December 20 1968) was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. He wrote both the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel <i>The Grapes of Wrath</i>, released in 1939 and the...


News and Journals
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Liz Taylor among hall of fame inductees
12/6/2007: 329 words, approx. 1 pages
Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Moreno, Tiger Woods and Willie Mays are among the new crop of achievers inducted into the California Hall of Fame, which honors the leaders, inventors, sports figures and — of course — celebrities who have shaped California.Taylor canceled because of a fall,...
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Today in history - Dec. 20
12/20/2006: 515 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2006. There are 11 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States during ceremonies...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Chuck Etheridge
10,568 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Etheridge deems the Cain and Abel myth as central to the stories in The Red Pony.
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Critical Essay by Patrick W. Shaw
7,540 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Shaw relates the origins and offers a thematic and stylistic analysis of the four stories that comprise The Red Pony.
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Critical Essay by Warren French
7,280 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, French delineates the defining characteristics of the short-story cycles The Pastures of Heaven and The Red Pony.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 87%
John Steinbeck: Most Influential Artist during the Great Depression
613 words, approx. 2 pages
Essay discusses how the most influential artist related to the Great Depression is John Steinbeck.
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Life of John Steinbeck
274 words, approx. 1 pages
Essay describes the life of John Steinbeck and discusses what things might have made him write the things he did in his novel "Of Mice and Men."


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