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Sheffield, Carlton. John Steinbeck, The Good Companion. Terry White, ed. Introduction by R. A. Blum. Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts, 2002.
Shillinglaw, Susan, ed. John Steinbeck: Centennial Reflections by American Writers. San Jose, CA: San Jose State University Center for Steinbeck Studies, 2002.
Steinbeck, John IV, and Nancy Steinbeck. The Other Side of Eden: Life with John Steinbeck. Foreword by Andrew Harvey. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2001.
Whitebrook, Peter. Staging Steinbeck: Dramatizing. The Grapes of Wrath. London: Cassell Publishers, 1988.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES
Goldstone, Adrian H., and John R. Payne. John Steinbeck: A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Adrian H. Goldstone Collection. Austin, TX: Humanities Research Center, 1974.
Harmon, Robert B., with the assistance of John F. Early. The Grapes of Wrath: A Fifty Year Bibliographic Survey. San Jose, CA: San Jose State University Steinbeck Research Center, 1990.
Riggs, Susan F. A Catalogue of the John Steinbeck Collection at Stanford University. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries, 1980.
Timmerman, John. “John Steinbeck’s Use of the Bible: A Descriptive Bibliography of the Critical Tradition.” Steinbeck Quarterly 21 (Winter-Spring 1988), 24-39.
White, Ray Lewis. “The Grapes of Wrath and the Critics of 1939.” Resources for American Literary Study 13 (Autumn 1983), 134-64.
CAREER OVERVIEWS AND REVIEWS
Burkhead, Cynthia. Student Companion to John Steinbeck. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
Ditsky, John. John Steinbeck and the Critics. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2000.
Li, Luchen, ed. Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 309: John Steinbeck: A Documentary Volume. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005.
McElrath, Joseph, Jesse S. Crisler, and Susan Shillinglaw, eds. John Steinbeck: The Contemporary Reviews. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Millichap, Joseph. Steinbeck and Film. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1983.
Owens, Louis. John Steinbeck’s Re-Vision of America. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1985.
Railsback, Brian. Parallel Expeditions: Charles Darwin and the Art of John Steinbeck. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1995.
Simmonds, Roy S. A Biographical and Critical Introduction of John Steinbeck . Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2000.
Timmerman, John. John Steinbeck’s Fiction: The Aesthetics of the Road Taken. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986.
BOOKS AND BOOK-LENGTH COLLECTIONS ON THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Note: A bountiful sampling of standard and original critical assessments of Steinbeck’s novel are available in the following books. Useful essays on the history of Grapes criticism are available in books by Ditsky (1989), Lisca and Hearle (1997), and Heavilin (2000). Also recommended is a Learning Channel Great Books series documentary, The Grapes of Wrath (2000), available from Films for the Humanities and Sciences Bloom, Harold, ed. Modern Critical Interpretations of The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Chelsea House, 1988. Davis, Robert Con, ed. Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Grapes of Wrath. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1982. Ditsky, John, ed. Critical Essays on Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1989. Donohue, Agnes McNeill, ed. A Casebook on The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968. French, Warren, ed. A Companion to The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, 1963. [Includes Their Blood Is Strong.] ——— Filmguide to The Grapes of Wrath. Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1973. Hayashi, Tetsumaro, ed. Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath: Essays in Criticism . Steinbeck Essay Series, No. 3. Muncie, IN: Ball State University Steinbeck Research Institute, 1990. Heavilin, Barbara A., ed. The Critical Response to John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. ——— John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath: A Reference Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002. Johnson, Claudia Durst, ed. Understanding The Grapes of Wrath: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.