Introduction Few American novels have been praised, attacked, banned, taught, argued over, and reinterpreted as intensely as John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.It is easy to see why.On the surface, the novel follows the Joad family as they leave Oklahoma during the Great Depression and travel west in search of work. Their farm is gone. Their security … [Read more...] about The Grapes of Wrath Explained: 5 Questions Readers Still Ask
Robert DeMott
The Grapes of Wrath Explained: Top Steinbeck Scholars
What if the world's leading John Steinbeck scholars sat at one table to debate The Grapes of Wrath? People often remember The Grapes of Wrath as a story about dust, hunger, migration, and one family’s journey west.John Steinbeck’s scholars remember something more difficult.They remember a novel that still refuses to stay safely in 1939.(A brief pause.)The … [Read more...] about The Grapes of Wrath Explained: Top Steinbeck Scholars