Table of Contents

Foreword John H. Timmerman ix

Preface Barbara A. Heavilin xi

Acknowledgments Barbara A. Heavilin xv

Introduction Barbara A. Heavilin xvii

Part 1 Poetic Views of Two Steinbeck Characters 1

1 Contented-For Mary Hawley (And, in Another Way, for Stephen George) Mary M. Brown 3

2 A Dialogue with Steinbeck's Lee Concerning Servanthood, Timshel, and Immortality through Words Thom Satterlee 5

Part 2 Steinbeck, Aesthetics, and Ethics 9

3 The Contemporary Nature of Steinbeck's Winter: Artistry, Integrity, and September 11 Stephen K. George 11

4 "Only through Imitation Do We Develop towards Originality": Reflections of Addison's Spectator in Steinbeck's Travels Charley Barbara A. Heavilin 23

5 Charley, America, and Malory: John Steinbeck's Later Ethics John H. Timmerman 37

Part 3 Steinbeck, the Eyes of a Child, and Lonely Ladies 51

6 Through the Eyes of a Child: A Steinbeck Forte Mimi Reisel Gladstein 53

7 Lonely Ladies and Landscapes: A Comparison of John Steinbeck's "The White Quail" and Eudora Welty's "A Curtain of Green" Charlotte Cook Hadella 69

Part 4 Steinbeck, the American Ideal, Politics, and War 83

8 Steinbeck's The Winter of Our Discontent and the American Ideal Stephen L. Tanner 85

9 Art for Politics: The Political Dimension of Steinbeck's Works in Eastern Europe Danica Cerce 97

10 John Steinbeck as Lyndon B. Johnson's Speech Writer Tetsumaro Hayashi 105

Part 5 Steinbeck, Culture, Viewpoints, a Grand Joke, and a Meditative Reading 119

11 John Steinbeck's Cultural Frontiers Luchen Li 121

12 It's All in Your Head: Transforming Heavenly and Hellish Settings in Steinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven Michael J. Meyer 133

13 TheShort, Happy Life of Pippin IV: The Grand Joke Brian Railsback 151

14 "Fingers of Cloud: A Satire on College Protervity": A Meditative Reading Kiyoshi Nakayama 161

Index 171

About the Contributors 177

About the Editor 181