Sample – Literary criticism vs. magazine/journal review
These take time to understand – Choose and read thoroughly
Steinbeck - Naturalism
Conder, John J. "Steinbeck and Nature's Self: The Grapes of Wrath." Naturalism in
American Fiction: The Classic Phase. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984.
142-159. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Janet Witalec. Vol. 135.
Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Nov. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420050964&v=2.1&u=leet3094
6&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
Identify the Critics
Steinbeck - Family Relationships
Britch, Carroll, and Cliff Lewis. "Growth of the Family in The Grapes of Wrath."
Critical Essays on Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Ed. John Ditsky. G. K. Hall, 1989.
97-108. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 124.
Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Nov. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1100019818&v=2.1&u=leet3094
6&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
Identify the work studied
Steinbeck - Biblical References
Brasch, James D. "The Grapes of Wrath and Old Testament Skepticism." San Jose
Studies 3.2 (May 1977): 16-27. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Janet
Witalec. Vol. 135. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 10 Nov. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420050961&v=2.1&u=leet3094
6&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
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Jodi Picoult
Kayle, Hilary S. "Picoult's Haunting Tale. (Talks with Jodi Picoult)." Publishers Weekly 31 Mar. 2003: 43.
Literature Resource Center. Web. 7 Mar. 2012.
Document URL
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA99699872&v=2.1&u=leet30946&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
Tivnan, Tom. "Crossing the pond: we share a language, so why do some big name US authors work in
Britain, and others fall flat?" The Bookseller 3 Apr. 2009: 26+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 7 Mar.
2012.
Document URL
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA198169881&v=2.1&u=leet30946&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
Kayle, Hilary S. "Picoult's Haunting Tale. (Talks with Jodi Picoult)." Publishers Weekly 31 Mar. 2003: 43.
Literature Resource Center. Web. 7 Mar. 2012.
Document URL
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA99699872&v=2.1&u=leet30946&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
Sample – Literary criticism vs. magazine/journal review
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