Social Realism and Naturalism in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

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Sanjeev Kumar Mishra

Social Realism and Naturalism in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men is one of Steinbeck's most widely read, most researched, and most beloved works. Strangely enough, this children's story that was once prohibited in America is now among the top ten most often banned novels. John Steinbeck had modest expectations for Of Mice and Men when he began writing it at the beginning of 1936 and even during the interim between finishing it and publishing it. Steinbeck's tendency to have second thoughts about his work after it was completed was always there. In addition, Steinbeck was uncertain about the reception that his experimentation of form in Of Mice and Men would receive from readers. The author was therefore taken aback by the book's favorable reaction when he has put such little stock in his product Shortly after sending off the manuscript for Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck wrote to his agents, "I'm sorry that you do not find the new book as large in subject as it should be. I probably did not make my subjects and symbols clear. The microcosm is difficult to handle and apparently I did not get it over." Though the agents were initially disappointed, Of Mice and Men went on to become a huge hit as a play, novel, and movie. It is unlikely that Steinbeck's "subjects and symbols clear" were understood by his audience, but it is evident that critics did not.

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Sanjeev Kumar Mishra (April-2017). Social Realism and Naturalism in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 2(4), 165-168. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD1704039.pdf

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