John Steinbeck's Global Dimensions

Though a highly regarded American writer John Steinbeck's appeal and influence extend far beyond North American borders. In John Steinbeck's Global Dimensions editors Kyoko Ariki Luchen Li and Scott Pugh have assembled some of the best in current critical analysis of the Nobel Prize-winner's work. A compilation of papers by scholars from the U.S. Japan China Korea India and Slovenia this work provides a window into the critical reception of Steinbeck's works around the globe. In doing so this volume incorporates diverse approaches including cultural studies film analysis gender studies and_most especially_comparative studies of sociopolitical philosophical and religious motifs in Steinbeck's fiction.