Introduction / Robert Murray Davis --
John Steinbeck, Californian / Freeman Champney --
The Arthurian cycle in Tortilla flat / Arthur F. Kinney --
In dubious battle / Andre Gide --
The unity of In dubious battle : violence and dehumanization / Howard Levant --
End of a dream / Warren French --
Thematic rhythm in The red pony / Arnold L. Goldsmith --
The grapes of wrath / Peter Lisca --
The grapes of wrath / George Bluestone --
Sea of Cortez / Joseph Fontenrose --
Cannery row : Steinbeck's pastoral poem / Stanley Alexander --
The pearl : realism and allegory / Harry Morris --
John Steinbeck : the fitful daemon / R.W.B. Lewis.