Jay parini john steinbeck biography essay
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John Steinbeck : a biography 9780749396527, 0749396520
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John Steinbeck
Jay Parini, an American poet and novelist, is currently the Fowler Hamilton Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford. He is the author of numerous books, including Anthracite Country,
Town Life, The Last Station and Bay of Arrows. Reviewing The Last Station in the TLS, John Bayley called this novel of Leo Tolstoy’s last year a ‘subtle masterpiece’. Parini’s earlier biographical study of poet Theodore Roethke was shortlisted for a Pulitzer prize in 1979.
Also by Jay Parini Singing in Time (poetry) Theodore Roethke: An America
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Study of Steinbeck's Life and Works
Sketchbook studies of Steinbeck by Ellwood Graham, circa 1940, after JS’s return from Mexico and the Sea of Cortez.
Benson, Jackson J. Looking for Steinbeck's Ghost. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1988. Rpt. in Reno: U of Nevada P, 2002.
The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography. New York: Viking, 1984. Republished as John Steinbeck, Writer. New York: Penguin, 1990.
DeMott, Robert J. John Steinbeck: A Checklist of Books By and About. Bradenton, Florida: Opuscula, 1987.
Ditsky, John. John Steinbeck Life, Work and Criticism. Fredericton, Canada: York Press, 1985.
French, Warren. John Steinbeck's Fiction Revisited. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1994.
John Steinbeck's Nonfiction Revisited. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1996.
Owens, Louis. John Steinbeck's Re-Vision of America. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1985.
Parini, Jay. John Steinbeck: A Biography • An avid writer for more than forty years—his first book, a volume of poetry, was published while he was still an undergraduate student—Jay Parini has authored dozens of books, from bestselling novels like The gods Station, which was turned into an Academy Award-nominated film, to widely praised poetry collections like Anthracite Country, described as “superb” in The Sunday Times and “a remarkable book” in the Library Journal. He has also written critically-acclaimed biographies of John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, William Faulkner, and Jesus, and edited many volumes of anthologies and literary criticism. His biography, Robert Frost: A Life, won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for best non-fiction book of the year. In a recent interview with Lowestoft Chronicle, Jay Parini discussed his poetry, his latest biography, and those early days of his writing career studying overseas in Scotland. Lowestoft Chronicle (LC): inom remember you saying tha