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“A Man in a Group Isn’t Himself at All”: Revisiting Steinbeck’s Phalanx Theory “群体中的人根本不是他自己”:重新审视斯坦贝克的方阵理论

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Steinbeck Review Pub Date : 2021-06-17 DOI: 10.5325/STEINBECKREVIEW.18.1.0055

C. Berardino

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“I want to go . . . where the lights are given” Steinbeck’s Every American in The Winter of Our Discontent 斯坦贝克的《我们不满的冬天里的每个美国人》

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Steinbeck Review Pub Date : 2021-06-17 DOI: 10.5325/steinbeckreview.18.1.v

Barbara A. Heavilin, Cecilia S. Donohue

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Steinbeck in a Pandemic 流行病中的斯坦贝克

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Steinbeck Review Pub Date : 2021-06-17 DOI: 10.5325/steinbeckreview.18.1.0001

Gavin W. Jones

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Border Crossings: Jenny Erpenbeck’s Gehen, Ging, Gegangen as a Response to The Grapes of Wrath 边境过境:珍妮·埃彭贝克的《愤怒的葡萄》对《愤怒的葡萄》的回应

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Steinbeck Review Pub Date : 2021-06-17 DOI: 10.5325/steinbeckreview.18.1.0014

Debra L. Cumberland

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Steinbeck Today 斯坦贝克今天

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Steinbeck Review Pub Date : 2021-06-17 DOI: 10.5325/steinbeckreview.18.1.0089

W. Ray

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“‘ever’where . . . wherever you look’”: The Influence of John Steinbeck on Algerian Culture “到处都是”：约翰·斯坦贝克对阿尔及利亚文化的影响

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Steinbeck Review Pub Date : 2021-06-17 DOI: 10.5325/steinbeckreview.18.1.0075

Chaker Mohamed Cecilia Ben Ali, Chaker Mohamed Cecilia Donohue

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Of Wrath and War: The Grapes of Wrath in the Armed Services Editions 愤怒与战争:武装部队版的愤怒的葡萄

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Steinbeck Review Pub Date : 2021-06-17 DOI: 10.5325/steinbeckreview.18.1.0033

Fredrik Tydal

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“. . . his back into it”: Barry Lopez and John Steinbeck “……巴里·洛佩兹和约翰·斯坦贝克

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Steinbeck Review Pub Date : 2021-06-17 DOI: 10.5325/steinbeckreview.18.1.0050

Susan Shillinglaw

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Steinbeck Today 斯坦贝克今天

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Steinbeck Review Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.5325/steinbeckreview.17.1.0090

Ray

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Message from the President of the International Society of Steinbeck Scholars 国际斯坦贝克学者协会主席致辞