Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage by Shillinglaw, Susan
Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage by Shillinglaw, Susan

Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage

Carol Henning Steinbeck, writer John Steinbeck's first wife, was his creative anchor and the inspiration for his...
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SKU: 9781647791803
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Author: Susan Shillinglaw
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage by Shillinglaw, Susan

Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage

$77.51
Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage by Shillinglaw, Susan

Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage

$77.51
Author: Susan Shillinglaw
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Carol Henning Steinbeck, writer John Steinbeck's first wife, was his creative anchor and the inspiration for his great works of the 1930s, which culminated with the publication of The Grapes of Wrath in 1939. When Carol and John met at Lake Tahoe in 1928, their personalities immediately meshed in creative synergy. In the next decade, the formative years that brought forth The Red Pony and Of Mice and Men, Carol and John lived in San Francisco, Eagle Rock, Pacific Grove, and Los Gatos. Their modernist circle of friends included Ed Ricketts, Joseph Campbell, John Cage, and Lincoln Steffens. But above all it was Carol who was essential in helping the novelist find his voice, leading him to write of his home, California, and the plight of the people around him. In many ways, Carol's story is all too familiar: a creative and intelligent woman subsumes her own life and work into those of her husband. Together, they brought forth one of the most enduring novels of the twentieth century.

Susan Shillinglaw's extensive research for this biography included new interviews as well as previously unpublished Steinbeck and Ricketts manuscripts and letters, and Carol Henning's own artworks, scrapbooks, and poetry. Carol and John Steinbeck is the first book to focus on the writer's first marriage and its decisive early influences on his work.

Author: Susan Shillinglaw
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 11/19/2024
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.14w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781647791803

About the Author
Susan Shillinglaw, one of the leading experts on John Steinbeck's life and work, directed the Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University from 1987 to 2005, and the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas from 2015 to.2018. She is coeditor of John Steinbeck's America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction; Steinbeck and the Environment; as well as Steinbeck's Uneasy America: Re-Reading Travels with Charley. She is also the author of A Journey into Steinbeck's California, On Reading the Grapes of Wrath. She is professor emerita of English at San Jose State University, where she was named President's Scholar. Currently, she serves on the boards of Western Flyer Foundation and the Tor House Foundation.
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