A presentation on John Steinbeck

[Jantex]

Hello,all!
I have to make a presentation on John Steinbeck.I`ll be happy to revceive all sorts of help - opinions, useful links, recommendations or something else. (If there are old threads , they will be useful ,too.) You can comment on some of his books,essays or on what you think it`ll be necessary. Interesting or humurous quotes ,thoughts or sites. Excerpts you like most or such that shock you. To put it with one word - everything. Everething for a nice presentation.

Thank you in advance.
I`m sure you can help me.

(I ,too, can take part in the written-conversation here.Soon I read "East of Eden" and "Grapes of Wrath". )

[Logos]

An excellent choice, you'll have tons of material to work with.

A good starting point for you could be this site:

http://www.steinbeck.org

He won a Nobel Prize (http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html)

---> This site <--- (http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Steinbeck/) has some online texts and tons of other info!

good luck with your presentation :D

[Scheherazade]

What kind of presentations is it going to be? What is the theme? Like a certain element/theme in Steinbeck's works? Have you read other works of Steinbeck?

Like Logos said, it is an excellent choice. If you have any burning issues you would like to discuss, give us a shout! :) Also, you can use www.sparknotes.com as their commentary is very helpful as well.

Good luck!

[mono]

Here (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_steinbeck.html) I found several quotes from John Steinbeck, and a brief biography (http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html), though Logos' suggestion of http://www.steinbeck.org/ looks to have a more thorough biography; and as Scheherazade posted, http://www.sparknotes probably seems the best place for book summaries.
Good luck! ;)

[B-Mental]

There's a complete literary reader collection of some of his short stories and excerpts of novels, also letters and essays. If you can find it, its a wonderful source. I don't recall who publishes it though. Good Luck.

[Jantex]

Thank you!...... so far... :angel:
These links are very nice.I still have enough time to the deadline.If I have some questions reading the sites or preparing for my presentations I may ask you some more questions.

[pickwick]

Steinbeck is upbeat, entertaing and funny in "Cannery Row" He is downright somber, and really depressed me in "In Dubious Battle". "Grapes of Wrath" was a mixture of both types