... , the tall buildings, people from all over, or the late night parties New York held wonder everywhere. Didion referred to New York several times as "Xanadu", "Babylon", and her "Eden in the east". These are places of exotic beauty and uninhibited emotions, where everyone comes to stay awhile and visit but never live. Didion got caught up in a dream world and before ... ...
... met Elaine Scott and then married her in 1950, with her he moved to New York City, where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1952 he wrote East of Eden, which was largely autobiographical. In 1959 Stenbeck spent a year at Discove Cottage in England. After returning to the United States, Steinbeck traveled around the U.S. w/ his dog Charley and published ... ...
... ) presents a morality tale about characters who supposedly represent middle-class society. Burning Bright (1950) preached universal brotherhood but was largely unsuccessful. Steinbeck devoted several years to his most ambitious project, East of Eden (1952; film, 1955), which paralleled the history of his mother's family and was an allegorical modernization of the biblical story of Adam. Subsequent novels proved anticlimactic--Sweet Thursday (1954 ... ...
... ; In Dubious Battle - 1936 • Sea of Cortez - 1941 • The Moon is Down - 1942 • The Pearl - 1947 • The Wayward Bus - 1947 • Burning Bright - 1950 • East of Eden - 1952 Steinbeck's Style His work in this book seems to depict the economic problems of rural labour in the USA. Steinbeck also creates the story to match the setting and ... ...
