A John Steinbeck Reader Essays in Honor of

Celebrating the all-too-brief life of a young scholar dedicated to Steinbeck studies, A John Steinbeck Reader: Essays in Honor of Stephen K. George gathers essays from various perspectives, including aesthetic, feminist, ethical, and comparative. Under the direction of Barbara Heavilin, George's coeditor of the Steinbeck Review and the book John Steinbeck and His Contemporaries, the authors of these articles pay tribute to George and expand the range of Steinbeck scholarship. Included in this volume are an essay by George on societal ethics, an article by Heavilin about Travels with Charley, works by two acclaimed poets, and insightful readings of a little known, early short story by Steinbeck and an unsuccessful novel.

Barbara A. Heavilin is cofounder of the Steinbeck Review and currently serves as its coeditor. She is the author of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (2002) and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: A Reference Guide (2005). She was the coeditor, with Stephen K. George, of John Steinbeck and His Contemporaries (Scarecrow, 2007).

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Poetic Views of Two Steinbeck Characters	p. 1
Contented-For Mary Hawley (And, in Another Way, for Stephen George)	p. 3
A Dialogue with Steinbeck's Lee Concerning Servanthood, Timshel, and Immortality through Words	p. 5
Steinbeck, Aesthetics, and Ethics	p. 9
The Contemporary Nature of Steinbeck's Winter: Artistry, Integrity, and September 11	p. 11
"Only through Imitation Do We Develop towards Originality": Reflections of Addison's Spectator in Steinbeck's Travels Charley	p. 23
Charley, America, and Malory: John Steinbeck's Later Ethics	p. 37
Steinbeck, the Eyes of a Child, and Lonely Ladies	p. 51
Through the Eyes of a Child: A Steinbeck Forte	p. 53
Lonely Ladies and Landscapes: A Comparison of John Steinbeck's "The White Quail" and Eudora Welty's "A Curtain of Green"	p. 69
Steinbeck, the American Ideal, Politics, and War	p. 83
Steinbeck's The Winter of Our Discontent and the American Ideal	p. 85
Art for Politics: The Political Dimension of Steinbeck's Works in Eastern Europe	p. 97
John Steinbeck as Lyndon B. Johnson's Speech Writer	p. 105
Steinbeck, Culture, Viewpoints, a Grand Joke, and a Meditative Reading	p. 119
John Steinbeck's Cultural Frontiers	p. 121
It's All in Your Head: Transforming Heavenly and Hellish Settings in Steinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven	p. 133
The Short, Happy Life of Pippin IV: The Grand Joke	p. 151
"Fingers of Cloud: A Satire on College Protervity": A Meditative Reading	p. 161
Index	p. 171
About the Contributors	p. 177
About the Editor	p. 181
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