John Steinbeck Pathfinder
Essay 1- The American Dream
Carpenter, Frederic I. “John Steinbeck: American Dreamer.” Southwest Review, vol. 26, no. 4, 1941, pp. 454–467. www.jstor.org/stable/43466599.
Gambino, Richard. “Coming Home to John Steinbecks ‘Italian American’ Novel.” Italian Americana, vol. 24, no. 1, 2006, pp. 6–8. www.jstor.org/stable/41426623.
Forum for World Literature Studies 5.2 (2013): 289+. Academic OneFile. Web. 9 Jan. 2017.
Duncan Reith uncovers the bleak political pessimism behind his novel of ranch life during the Great Depression, Of Mice and Men." The English Review, vol. 15, no. 2, 2004, p. 6+.
Student Resources in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A125878389/SUIC?u=nysl_me_xavierhs&xid=1a8a67c1. Accessed 10 Jan. 2017.
Essay 2- Consider the various roles of the Salinas Valley
Freeman Champney. “John Steinbeck, Californian.” The Antioch Review, vol. 7, no. 3, 1947, pp. 345–362. www.jstor.org/stable/4609222.
Graulich, Melody. “The Salinas Valley: Autobiographical, Critical, and Environmental Musings on John Steinbeck and Louis Owens.” The Steinbeck Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2007, pp. 33–47. www.jstor.org/stable/41582885.
Laws, David A. “The Settings for the Stories: A Tour of John Steinbeck's ‘Valley of the World.’” The Steinbeck Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2009, pp. 27–43. www.jstor.org/stable/41582096.