A Journey into Steinbeck's California, Third Edition (ArtPlace Series) - Softcover

Shillinglaw, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1938901827 ISBN 13: 9781938901829

Publisher: Roaring Forties, 2019

Synopsis

Susan Shillinglaw takes the reader on a journey into Steinbeck's life, offering insight into how California influenced his creative process and how, in turn, his legacy has influenced modern California. Literary pilgrims will learn about the land's prominent role in Steinbeck's work; tourists can visit the same buildings that he lived in and wrote about; and history buffs will appreciate the engrossing perspective on daily life in early 20th-century California. Offering an entirely new perspective on Steinbeck and the people and places that he brought to life in his writing, this depiction of the symbiotic relationship between an author and his favorite places will delight readers.

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy Burnett is one of the founders of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the first aquarium in the United States dedicated to interpreting a single region. She has served as chairman of the Sea Studios Foundation and was the executive director for The Shape of Life, a revolutionary eight-part television series detailing the dramatic rise of the animal kingdom through the breakthroughs of scientific discovery.

Susan Shillinglaw is a professor of English at San Jose State University, where she was director of the University’s Center for Steinbeck Studies for 18 years. In 2012-13 she was named the SJSU President’s Scholar. She was also Director of the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas from 2015-2018. She has published widely on Steinbeck, including Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage (U of Nevada Press, 2013) and On Reading the Grapes of Wrath (Penguin, 2014), and has written introductions to several Steinbeck books for Penguin New American Library editions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Roaring Forties
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1938901827
• ISBN 13: 9781938901829
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 300