Robert McParland - Citizen Steinbeck: Giving Voice to the People

Selected Works

Fiction

The Last Alchemist

The Alchemist is a mystery novel.

In the Nick of Time

A collection of short stories.

Literature and Cultural History

Beyond Gatsby: How Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Other Writers Shaped the 1920s

Beyond Gatsby discusses Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and other American writers of the 1920s.

Mark Twain's Audience

Reader response, book history, and American cultural history.

Charles Dickens’s American Audience

This is the first study of Dickens’s American readers and audience for his American readings.Bela Kornitzer Award Winner.

History; Bestselling Books; Literature

Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books

America's favorite books across the past 100 years are discussed in this book.

Cultural History-Literary Criticism-Critical Biography

Native Sons to King's Men: The Literary Landscape of the 1940s

The 1940s, a time of war and a generation's great effort, is discussed in this cultural history through the novels of the era.

History; Literary Criticism

Citizen Steinbeck: Giving Voice to the People

Citizen Steinbeck covers the career and works of American author John Steinbeck.

Non-Fiction

Science Fiction in Classic Rock

Bloom's How to Write About Joseph Conrad

This study of Conrad’s themes, style, and techniques is for those writing on his works.

Film Studies

Film and Literary Modernism

Film and Literary Modernism is a collection of essays about the arts, literary modernism, and film making from 1900 through the 1960s.

Music

Music and Literary Modernism

Explores the connections between music and literature.

Quick Links

Authors Guild

Advocates for published authors since 1912

Authors Guild Directory

A compendium of member websites

Citizen Steinbeck: Giving Voice to the People

This book emphasizes the relevance of John Steinbeck's fiction and non-fiction for giving voice to the people in our contemporary society. Notable films like The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and James Franco's direction of In Dubious Battle highlight Steinbeck's continuing importance.