{"title":"Soldiering with Steinbeck","authors":"M. Gladstein","doi":"10.5325/steinbeckreview.20.2.0276","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"“Soldiering with Steinbeck” was delivered as a talk at the 2023 International Steinbeck Conference at San Jose State University. The talk recounts Steinbeck’s varied experiences as a war correspondent and witness across various theaters in World War II and the Vietnam War. Never an enlisted soldier himself, through his writings, Steinbeck provides unique insight into conflict, his own observations on the horrors of war, the life and ways of soldiers, and even his relationship with his own son, John Steinbeck IV, who was drafted into the Vietnam War and served there at the same time his father was working as a war correspondent.","PeriodicalId":40417,"journal":{"name":"Steinbeck Review","volume":"23 33","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Steinbeck Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5325/steinbeckreview.20.2.0276","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE, AMERICAN","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
“Soldiering with Steinbeck” was delivered as a talk at the 2023 International Steinbeck Conference at San Jose State University. The talk recounts Steinbeck’s varied experiences as a war correspondent and witness across various theaters in World War II and the Vietnam War. Never an enlisted soldier himself, through his writings, Steinbeck provides unique insight into conflict, his own observations on the horrors of war, the life and ways of soldiers, and even his relationship with his own son, John Steinbeck IV, who was drafted into the Vietnam War and served there at the same time his father was working as a war correspondent.
期刊介绍:
Steinbeck Review is an authorized publication on the life and works of American novelist John Steinbeck (1902–1968). It publishes scholarly articles; notes; book and performance reviews; creative writing; original artwork; and short intercalary pieces offering fresh perspectives, including notes on contemporary references to Steinbeck, discussions of the contexts of his work, and an occasional poem. Steinbeck Review has a threefold mission of broadening the scope of Steinbeck criticism, promoting the work of new and established scholars, and serving as a resource for Steinbeck teachers at all levels.