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John Steinbeck Biography

John Steinbeck was a famous American author during the 20th century. He wrote two great American classics, The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, along with many other well-known books. His books are still widely read through out the world today. John Steinbeck wrote about the common man and about social issues in […]

Response to Literary Criticism for The Grapes of Wrath

In Ashley’s critique of “The Grapes of Wrath,” he states that Steinbeck’s greatest work finally suited his greatest limitation, that he is not a great thinker, nor are his characters. He supports his opinion with a quote from a great American literary critic, Edmund Wilson, that Stienbeck specializes “not in those aspects of humanity in […]