The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Bredahl, A. Carl, Jr. “The Drinking Metaphor in The Grapes of Wrath.” Steinbeck Quarterly 6, no. 4 (fall 1973): 95-8.
Examines the significance of four beverages—liquor, water, milk, and coffee—that appear in The Grapes of Wrath and how metaphor of drinking comes full circle in the final scene.
Campbell, Russell. “Trampling Out the Vintage: Sour Grapes.” In The Modern American Novel and the Movies, edited by Gerald Peary and Roger Shatzkin, pp. 107-18. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1978.
Analyzes the attempts of film makers to preserve the spirit of Steinbeck's novel in their film version of The Grapes of Wrath, finding that their use of documentary elements ultimately failed to capture the scope of Steinbeck's themes.
DeMott, Robert. “‘Working Days and Hours’: Steinbeck's Writing of The Grapes of Wrath.” In The...
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