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Informationen zum Autor Danica Cerce is an assistant professor of literature in English at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her Steinbeck publications include Pripovedni?tvo Johna Steinbecka (The Narrative Prose of John Steinbeck), numerous articles in academic journals, book chapters, and translations into Slovene. Her other research areas are Australian literature of social realism, contemporary Australian Indigenous literature, and Slovene literature. Klappentext This book explores the injustice toward Steinbeck's works in Eastern European countries in the period of communist regimes. By taking up various avenues of approach while illuminating Steinbeck's universal relevance, this is an interesting record of past perceptions, stereotypes and myths, and a testament to a new era. Zusammenfassung This book explores the injustice toward Steinbeck's works in Eastern European countries in the period of communist regimes. By taking up various avenues of approach while illuminating Steinbeck's universal relevance! this is an interesting record of past perceptions! stereotypes and myths! and a testament to a new era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 PrefacePart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 IntroductionPart 4 Part One: Steinbeck and Eastern EuropeChapter 5 Chapter 1: A Political Reading of Steinbeck's Works in Eastern EuropeChapter 6 Chapter 2: Steinbeck in the Slovene Cultural Arena: An Overview of Steinbeck CriticismChapter 7 Chapter 3: Steinbeck's Influence on Slovene Social RealismChapter 8 Chapter 4: About the Slovene TranslationsChapter 9 Chapter 5: The Language of Of Mice and Men as a Challenge for a TranslatorPart 10 Part Two: On Specific WorksChapter 11 Chapter 6: The Grapes of Wrath as Communist PropagandaChapter 12 Chapter 7: In Dubious Battle as a lesson of Blind CommitmentChapter 13 Chapter 8: The Status of East of Eden in Slovenia and the Former YugoslaviaPart 14 Part Three: A Comparative Reading of John Steinbeck and Frank HardyChapter 15 Chapter 9: Between Admiration and Rejection: On the Parallels between Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and Hardy's Power without GloryChapter 16 Chapter 10: The Portrayal of Otherness in Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat and Hardy's 'Borker Stories'Part 17 ConclusionPart 18 Works CitedPart 19 A Bibliography of Works by John SteinbeckPart 20 Index...
