Meant to accompany the works of great American writers of all genres, each volume of this series contains a wide variety of materials arranged chronologically, many of them primary documents, including reviews of the author's works, letters, and interviews. The materials on Steinbeck are grouped chronologically according to his prodigious output, with the reviews, letters, and reproductions of drafts and dust jackets, among other things, grouped together for each published work. Letters from Steinbeck to his friends and fellow writers, their responses, and reviews dominate the collection. A list of further reading and a cumulative index are provided. Li is at Kettering U. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This award-winning multi-volume series is dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested readers, while satisfying the standards of librarians, teachers and scholars. Dictionary of Literary Biography provides reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history.
Dictionary of Literary Biography systematically presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods.
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