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Grapes of wrath and the politics of book burning the steinbeck classic was banned and burned in a number of cities, including kern county, calif. Of this initial group of six titles, the grapes of wrath is in a new edition with a completely revised introduction and, for the first time, detailed notes by leading steinbeck scholar robert demott. In dubious battle 1936, of mice and men 1937, and the book considered by many his finest, the grapes of wrath 1939. The grapes of wrath was written out of steinbecks anger at the socioeconomic system of the era and his respect for the dignity of the tenant farmers to whom the novel gives voice. The last rains lifted the corn quickly and scattered weed colonies and. Pdf downloads of all 1282 litcharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish.
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