{"product_id":"steinbecks-uneasy-america-rereading-travels-with-charley-9780817361815","title":"Steinbeck's Uneasy America: Rereading \"Travels with Charley\"","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first scholarly assessment of Steinbeck's bestselling travelogue Travels with Charley, published in 1962, a narrative that blurs the lines between nonfiction and fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteinbeck's Uneasy America \u003c\/i\u003eis the first collection of critical scholarship devoted to \u003ci\u003eTravels with Charley in Search of America\u003c\/i\u003e, John Steinbeck's best-selling, late-career travel memoir. In 1960, Steinbeck was a renowned man of American letters. Many considered him America's troubadour of ordinary people, the conscience of the country. But weakened by two small strokes and anxious that he had lost touch with America, he embarked on a cross-country road trip accompanied by his wife's standard poodle, Charley. Two years later, he published \u003ci\u003eTravels with Charley\u003c\/i\u003e to popular acclaim and robust sales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout this narrative, Steinbeck insists that all of our perceptions are \"warped\" by personality, history, and society. And while this hybrid and experimental book has long been accepted as an accurate account of his journey, journalists and scholars agree that the narrative is part factual, part fiction--America as seen through Steinbeck's particular \"warp.\" The work is long overdue for scholarly assessment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteinbeck's Uneasy America \u003c\/i\u003eexplores three main topics. Part 1 explores genre and form to consider the degree to which the work is fiction or nonfiction. Part 2 assesses Steinbeck's increasingly bleak assessment of America--almost a jeremiad that warns citizens of ecological excess and political apathy. Part 3 focuses on \u003ci\u003eTravels with Charley\u003c\/i\u003e as a road text, travel adventure, and literary influence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume's authors offer rich scholarly insights and a wealth of stories, facts, and anecdotes about Steinbeck and the adventures and misadventures he and Charley met on the road. Lively and groundbreaking, the collection both enlightens and enlivens discussions of Steinbeck and of the twentieth-century American book world. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e CONTRIBUTORS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Danica Čerče \/ William P. Childers \/ Donald V. Coers \/ Robert DeMott \/ Cecilia Donohue \/ Charles Etheridge \/ Mimi R. Gladstein \/ Barbara A. Heavilin \/ Kathleen Hicks \/ Carter Davis Johnson \/ Gavin Jones \/ Sally S. Kleberg \/ Jay Parini \/ Brian Railsback \/ Susan Shillinglaw \/ Nicholas P. Taylor \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara a. Heavilin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817361815","brand":"University Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43398040944777,"sku":"9780817361815","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e31135ab-6977-4433-8adf-eb96b76b6913.jpg?v=1740473997","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/steinbecks-uneasy-america-rereading-travels-with-charley-9780817361815","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}