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The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck

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Author 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. 2.7 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 Salin...
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Biography of John Ernst Steinbeck
17621 words, approx. 58.7 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 and...
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Biography of John (Ernst) Steinbeck
16102 words, approx. 53.7 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 tendencies...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Chrysanthemums Information
1,191 words, approx. 4 pages
The Chrysanthemums is a short story by John Steinbeck, written in 1937, about the happenings of one day in the life of a thirty-five year old woman named Elisa Allen. Elisa and her husband Henry Allen live peacefully on their farm but lack an...


News and Journals
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Kyodo World Service
Japanese culture and chrysanthemum on exhibit in Britain
11/23/2007: 349 words, approx. 1 pages
The ''exquisite beauty'' of Japanese chrysanthemum is being commemorated in a month-long celebration hosted by the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley Garden in southeastern England. Revered in Japanese culture and featured on the crest of the imperial family, the origins of the...
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AP News
Japan's emperor greets public at palace
1/2/2007: 286 words, approx. 1 pages
Thousands of well-wishers waving Japanese flags gathered Tuesday at the Imperial Palace for a series of rare appearances by Emperor Akihito and the royal family marking the new year.Crown Princess Masako, who is recovering from a stress-induced illness, accompanied other members of the royal family...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Stanley Renner
6,934 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Renner interprets “The Chrysanthemums” as “informed far less by feminist sympathies than by traditional ‘masculist’ complaints.”
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Critical Essay by John Ditsky
4,256 words, approx. 14 pages
Below, Ditsky praises the “Lawrentian values” and interpersonal drama that Steinbeck achieves in “The Chrysanthemums.”
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Critical Essay by Susan Shillinglaw
4,046 words, approx. 14 pages
In the essay below, Shillinglaw asserts that “The Chrysanthemums” was heavily influenced by the Pygmalion myth as utilized by Ovid and George Bernard Shaw.
 


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The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck

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