john steinbeck wrote of mice and me in 1938.
when did john steinbeck write of mice and me?
1938
demott is an internationally respected expert on steinbeck, having written authoritative introductions and notes for three steinbeck novels in penguin book's classic series—"the grapes of wrath" (1992, rev. 2006); "to a god unknown" (1996), and "sweet thursday" (2008). he also served as main editor for three volumes of the library of america's series on steinbeck—"novels and stories, 1932–1937" (1994); "the grapes of wrath and other writings, 1936–1941" (1996); and "novels, 1942–1952" (2001)—and co-edited a fourth—"travels with charley and later novels, 1947–1962" (2007)—with his former doctoral student brian railsback. he consulted on and appeared in the learning channel's emmy-nominated documentary film on "the grapes of wrath" (2000), in "novel reflections on the american dream," a pbs "american masters" series television documentary on american writers (april, 2007), and in a joint u.s. state department-georgian (russia) documentary film, "steinbeck and a russian journal 60 years later" (2008). several of his limited edition publications on steinbeck, including "your only weapon is your work: a letter by john steinbeck to dennis murphy", and "“a play to be played”: john steinbeck on stage and screen, 1935–1960", are reprinted in luchen li, ed., "dictionary of literary biography, volume 309: john steinbeck: a documentary volume" (gale, 2005). a major critical summation, "prospects for the study of john steinbeck," written with brian railsback, appeared in jackson r. bryer and richard kopley, eds., "resources for american literary study" (ams press, 2009). in 2009, demott provided a new preface for the online version of "steinbeck's reading," which is available on the martha h. cox center for steinbeck studies website. his penguin classics edition of "the grapes of wrath" was chosen as the university-wide text for cornell university's 2009 new student reading project, and is the text of choice for the national endowment for the arts' annual big read project.
robert demott
bullet::::- li, luchen. ed. "john steinbeck: a documentary volume". detroit: gale, 2005 .









































bullet::::- steinbeck, john steinbeck iv and nancy (2001). "the other side of eden: life with john steinbeck". prometheus books.









































bullet::::- tamm, eric enno (2005). "beyond the outer shores: the untold odyssey of ed ricketts, the pioneering ecologist who inspired john steinbeck and joseph campbell". thunder's mouth press. .









































bullet::::- bensen, jackson j. "john steinbeck, writer" penguin putnam inc., second edition, new york, 1990, 0-14-01.4417x,









































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bullet::::- national steinbeck center in salinas, california









































bullet::::- fbi file on john steinbeck
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