Steinbeck’s Landscapes

Where Story Meets Place
From one of the foremost scholars on the subject, comes our most in-depth look at John Steinbeck as a writer deeply connected to the natural world.
From one of the foremost scholars on the subject, comes our most in-depth look at John Steinbeck as a writer deeply connected to the natural world. Among the many reasons that John Steinbeck has ascended to the highest tier of the American Literary Canon is his championing of the working man. What we dont often consider, however, is that his vision as a writer was fundamentally ecological, looking at man and nature holistically. To understand people, you had to know something about the trees and flowers they planted, the soil they tilled, the geography that shaped their consciousnessthe animating spirit of place. Steinbeck’s Landscapes highlights the environments that the Noble Prize winning author cherished and explored throughout his life and career, and examines