You are here

FAU Collections » FAU Research Repository » FAU Theses and Dissertations

ECHOES OF THOMAS HARDY IN ''THE GRAPES OF WRATH'' (STEINBECK)

Download pdf | Full Screen View

Date Issued:
1987
Summary:
Though a highly original work in its own right, The Grapes or Wrath by John Steinbeck nevertheless reflects a number or significant characteristics or Thomas Hardy's six major Wessex novels. Similarities between the twentieth-century American masterpiece and the Victorian novels are especially pronounced in the Following areas: (1) the analysis or social problems; (2) the use or nature (land and animals) both realistically and Figuratively; (3) the portrayal or the failure or Christianity; and (4) the exploration or the theme or dreams and illusions destroyed by reality.
Title: ECHOES OF THOMAS HARDY IN ''THE GRAPES OF WRATH'' (STEINBECK).
188 views
48 downloads
Name(s): SCAFFETTI, PATRICK FRANK.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Peyton, Ann, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1987
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 100 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Though a highly original work in its own right, The Grapes or Wrath by John Steinbeck nevertheless reflects a number or significant characteristics or Thomas Hardy's six major Wessex novels. Similarities between the twentieth-century American masterpiece and the Victorian novels are especially pronounced in the Following areas: (1) the analysis or social problems; (2) the use or nature (land and animals) both realistically and Figuratively; (3) the portrayal or the failure or Christianity; and (4) the exploration or the theme or dreams and illusions destroyed by reality.
Identifier: 14367 (digitool), FADT14367 (IID), fau:11170 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987.
Subject(s): Hardy, Thomas,--1840-1928--Influence--Steinbeck
Steinbeck, John,--1902-1968--Grapes of wrath
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14367
Sublocation: Digital Library
Use and Reproduction: Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Host Institution: FAU
Is Part of Series: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections.