The following are selected editions of John
Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings,
1936-1941. New York: Library of America, 1996.
The Grapes of Wrath.
New York: Penguin, 1992.
Includes an introduction by Robert
DeMott.
The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking,
1989.
Includes an introduction by Studs Terkel.
The Grapes of Wrath: Text and Criticism.
Edited by Peter Lisca. New York: Penguin, 1977.
Arnold, Murray. “Steinbeck Hits Big Time Because of
Kern.” Bakersfield Californian 1978 April 9: ?
Barry, John D. “Ways of the World—The Grapes of Wrath.” San Francisco News 1939 June: ??.
Benson, Jackson J. “An Afternoon and an Introduction.” Journal
of Modern Literature 2(2): 194-210.
_____. “To Tom, Who Lived It: John Steinbeck
and the Man from Weedpatch.” Journal of Modern Literature 5(2) 1976
April: 151-210.
Benson contends that the
background for much of Steinbeck’s depiction of migrant life in The Grapes of Wrath, came not only from
Collins’ camp reports, but also from the influence and friendship of Tom
Collins, to whom the second part of the novel is dedicated. Hired in 1935 by the Resettlement
Administration (later called the Farm Security Administration), Collins served
as manager of the first migrant camp program in California. By 1936, Collins’ contributions to the camp
program were becoming legend. When
Steinbeck went to the Division of Information offices for help with a series of
articles on the migrants, he was directed to Tom Collins at the Weedpatch
camp. Benson credits Collins with
the most important contribution to The
Grapes of Wrath; that is, “the spirit at the heart of the novel, rather
than…the details and color of its surface.”
“Board Holds Hearings on
Grapes of Wrath Ban.” Bakersfield Californian August 28, 1939:
1.
Boren, Lyle H. "The Grapes of Wrath." Congressional Record,
76th Cong., 3d Sess., pt. 13, 1940, 139-1940. Reprinted in: A Casebook on The
Grapes of Wrath, 27-29. Edited by Agnes McNeill Donohue. New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968.
Boren, Congressman from Oklahoma, condemns Steinbeck's novel, describing
it as a "dirty, lying, filthy manuscript."
Bristol, Horace. "Documenting The Grapes of Wrath." The
Californians Jan/Feb 1988: 40-47.
Photographer Bristol recounts his travels with John Steinbeck through the
Central Valley, interviewing and photographing migrants. The article
includes several of Bristol's photographs.
French, Warren, ed. A Companion to The
Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking, 1963.
“Grapes
Back.” Bakersfield Californian
January 27, 1941: 1.
“Grapes
of Joy—‘Okies’ Forge Ahead.” Current History Forum 51 (March 1940): 48-9.
“The Grapes of Wrath and Factories in the Fields.” Kern
County Union Labor Journal August
1, 1939: 1.
“‘Grapes of
Wrath’ Ban Ends.” Library Journal March 1, 1941: ??.
“Harty Explains Stand on Novel.” Bakersfield
Californian August 28, 1939:
1.
“I Wonder Where We Can Go Now.” Fortune April 19,
1939: 90-94, 112-119. Reprinted in: French, Warren, ed. A Companion to The
Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking, 1963;The Grapes of Wrath. Edited
by Peter Lisca. New York: Penguin, 1977.
Harvey, Jean.
“Tom Collins Hasn’t Read ‘The
Grapes of Wrath’.” Kern Herald August 24, 1939: 1.
Kappel, Tim. "Trampling Out the Vineyards: Kern County's Ban on
The Grapes of
Wrath. California History 61 (3) Fall 1982: 211+.
Lingo, Marci. "Forbidden Fruit: The Banning of The Grapes of Wrath in the Kern
County Free Library." Libraries & Culture 38 (4) (Fall 2003): 351-377.
McWilliams, Carey. “California Pastoral.”
The Antioch Review March 1942: 103-21. Reprinted in: A Casebook
on The Grapes of Wrath, 52-62. Edited by Agnes McNeill Donohue. New
York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968;The Grapes of Wrath. Edited by Peter Lisca.
New York: Penguin, 1977.
Shindo, Charles J. Dust Bowl Migrants in
the American Imagination.
Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1997.
Shindo shows how artists and reformers have
dominated the public memory of the Dust Bowl migration. His study is a fine example of the ways
in which artists use “aesthetics and politics to make a personal statement
about the human condition.” book explores
the impact of the Great Depression on the lives of ordinary people in
California through professional observers like economist Paul Taylor,
photographer Dorothea Lange, journalist Carey McWilliams, and novelist John
Steinbeck.
Shockley, Martin Staples. "The Reception of The Grapes
of Wrath in Oklahoma." American Literature 15 (4) January 1944:
351-361. Reprinted in: A Casebook on The Grapes of Wrath. Edited by
Agnes McNeill Donohue. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968; The Grapes of Wrath.
Edited by Peter Lisca. New York: Penguin, 1977.
Sillen, Samuel. "Censoring The Grapes of Wrath." New
Masses September 12, 1939: 23-24. Reprinted in: A Casebook on The
Grapes of Wrath. Edited by Agnes McNeill Donohue. New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968.
Simon, Bryant and William Deverell. "Come Back, Tom Joad: Thoughts on a
California Dreamer." California History 79 (4) Winter 2000/2001: 181-191.
Discusses how the character of Tom Joad, protagonist in John Steinbeck's
Grapes of Wrath, has been interpreted in literature, film, and music.
Focuses on musicians Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen.
“Steinbeck Answers.” Oildale Press August 31, 1939: 1.
“Steinbeck in Answer to R. Levin.” Kern
Herald September 5, 1939: 1.
“Steinbeck Novel Reinstated at Kern Library.” Bakersfield
Californian January 28, 1941:
1.
Steinbeck, John. “The Harvest Gypsies.”
The San Francisco News October 5, 1936: 1. Reprinted in:
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings, 1936-1941. New
York: Library of America, 1996.
____."Starvation Under the Orange Trees." Monterey Trader April 15
1938: 1, 4. Reprinted in: Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath and Other
Writings, 1936-1941. New York: Library of America, 1996.
_____. Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath. Ed. by
Robert Demott. New York: Viking, 1989.
_____.
Steinbeck: A Life in Letters. Eds. Elaine Steinbeck and Robert
Wallsten. New York: Viking Press,
1975.
Steinbeck's writes about the public reaction to The Grapes of
Wrath. For example, in one letter he says, "The vilification of me out
here from the large landowners and bankers is pretty bad. The latest is a
rumor started by them that the Okies hate me and have threatened to kill me
for lying about them. This made all the papers. Tom Collins [FSA labor camp
manager] says that when his Okies read this smear they were so mad they
wanted to burn something down." [see pp. 180-190 for letters related to
The Grapes of Wrath.]
_____.
Their Blood is Strong. San Francisco: Simon J. Lubin Society
of California, 1938. Reprinted in: French, Warren, ed. A Companion to The
Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking, 1963.
Includes Steinbeck's journalistic pieces, "The Harvest Gypsies," and "Starvation Under the
Orange Trees."
Suburu, Cindy.
The Grapes of Wrath Revisited. Thesis
(B.A.), California Polytechnic State University, 1972.
Synon, John.
“The Grapes of Wrath Sequel.” South Carolina News and Courier November 20, 1962.
_____. "California's Grapes of Wrath. Forum November 1939:
232-238. Reprinted in: A Casebook on The Grapes of Wrath. Edited by Agnes
McNeill Donohue. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968; The Grapes of Wrath.
Edited by Peter Lisca. New York: Penguin, 1977.
