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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
Contributor(s): Steinbeck, John (Author)

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 ISBN: 0140144188     ISBN-13: 9780140144185
Publisher: Penguin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 1990
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
- Literary Collections | Letters
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
Dewey: 813.52
LCCN: 90039044
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.08" W x 7.75" L (0.39 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
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Each working day from January 29 to November 1, 1951, John Steinbeck warmed up to the work of writing East of Eden with a letter to the late Pascal Covici, his friend and editor at The Viking Press. It was his way, he said, of getting my mental arm in shape to pitch a good game.

Steinbeck's letters were written on the left-hand pages of a notebook in which the facing pages would be filled with the test of East of Eden. They touched on many subjects--story arguments, trial flights of workmanship, concern for his sons.

Part autobiography, part writer's workshop, these letters offer an illuminating perspective on Steinbeck's creative process, and a fascinating glimpse of Steinbeck, the private man.
 
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