Steinbecks Imaginarium: Essays on Writing, Fishing, and Other Critical Matters Demott Robert
Steinbecks Imaginarium: Essays on Writing, Fishing, and Other Critical Matters Demott Robert In Steinbeck's Imaginarium, Robert DeMott delves into the imaginative, creative, and sometimes neglected…
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Steinbecks Imaginarium: Essays on Writing, Fishing, and Other Critical Matters Demott Robert
In Steinbeck's Imaginarium, Robert DeMott delves into the imaginative, creative, and sometimes neglected aspects of John Steinbeck's writing. He writes about the determining scientific influences, such as quantum physics and ecology, in Cannery Row and considers Steinbeck's addiction to writing through the lens of the extensive, obsessive full-length journals that he kept while writing three of his best-known novels--The Grapes of Wrath, The Wayward Bus, and East of Eden. DeMott positions Steinbeck as a prophetic voice for today as much as he was for the Depression-era 1930s as the essays explore the often unknown or unacknowledged elements of Steinbeck's artistic career that deserve closer attention.
DeMott insists that these monumental works of fiction all comprise important statements on his creative process and his theory of fiction