Journal of a Novel
The East of Eden Letters
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1990.
Format: Book
Description: ix, 182 pages ; 20 cm
Each working day from January 29 to November 1, 1951, John Steinbeck warmed up to the work of writing East of Eden with a letter to the late Pascal Covici, his friend and editor at The Viking Press. It was his way, he said, of "getting my mental arm in shape to pitch a good game."
Steinbeck's letters were written on the left-hand pages of a notebook in which the facing pages would be filled with the test of East of Eden . They touched on many subjects--story arguments, trial flights of workmanship, concern for his sons.
Part autobiography, part writer's workshop, these letters offer an illuminating perspective on Steinbeck's creative process, and a fascinating glimpse of Steinbeck, the private man.
Subjects:
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. East of Eden.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Diaries.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Diaries.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. East of Eden.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Diaries.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Diaries.
ISBN:
0140144188
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LITERATURE Ste | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
"First published in the United States of America by the Viking Press, Inc., 1969"--Title page verso.