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Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage (Western Literature and Fiction Series) by Susan Shillinglaw; Kathleen Szawiola is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Carol Henning Steinbeck, writer John Steinbeck's first wife, was his creative anchor, the inspiration for his great work of the 1930s, culminating in The Grapes of Wrath . Meeting at Lake Tahoe in 1928, their attachment was immediate, their personalities meshing in creative synergy. Carol was unconventional, artistic, and compelling. In the formative years of Steinbeck's career, living in San Francisco, Pacific Grove, Los Gatos, and Monterey, their Modernist circle included Ed Ricketts, Joseph Campbell, and Lincoln Steffens. In many ways Carol's story is all too familiar: a creative and intelligent woman subsumes her own life and work into that of her husband. Together, they brought forth one of the enduring novels of the 20th century.

Author
Susan Shillinglaw; Kathleen Szawiola
Publisher
Reno: University of Nevada Press
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9780874179316
Subjects
Memoir, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction
Rating
3.75 / 5 (21 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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