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John Steinbeck, Nature and Myth (Twentieth-century American Writers)
John Steinbeck Nature and Myth - Twentieth-century American Writers Author:Peter Lisca In a book-by-book discussion Professor Peter Lisca makes clear Steinbeck's wide use of myth, legend, and literary sources as structuring devices for his fiction, and of his use of philosophical insights from the natural sciences to achieve an almost mystical understanding of man's relationship to his fellow man, to nature, and to the universe. L... more »isca gives a detailed, lucid picture of Steinbeck's astonishingly diverse career as a writer and a profound and moving sense of his life and accomplishment.« less