TY - BOOK AU - French,Warren G. TI - John Steinbeck, T2 - Twayne's United States authors series, SN - 9780805706932 AV - PS3537.F877.J646 1975 PY - 1975/// CY - Boston PB - Twayne Publishers N1 - Bibliography: pages 180-184; About the author --; Preface to the second edition --; Chronology --; John Steinbeck, American --; Naturalism and the drama of consciousness --; Steinbeck visits the waste land --; Naturalism - the story cycles --; Naturalism - towards theater --; From naturalism to the drama of consciousness - the education of the heart in The grapes of wrath --; Dramas of consciousness - the war years --; Cannery row and transcendent man --; Dramas of consciousness - the search for a natural saint --; East of Eden, California, and the cosmic California --; Beyond the drama of consciousness --; John Steinbeck and the American consciousness; 2; Also issued online N2 - Steinbeck's progression from naturalism to drama of consciousness is traced in a study bringing to light concepts of human destiny accounting for differences between novels and stories written prior to and after 1945 ER -