The Grapes of Wrath
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The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when
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Great American Novel
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The "Great American Novel" is the term for a canonical novel that generally embodies and examines the essence and character of the United States. The term was coined by John William De Forest in an 18
The Grapes of Wrath
…jobs, land, dignity, and a future. The Grapes of Wrath is often listed as among the greatest novels in the English language and as a contender for the Great American Novel. It is frequently read in American high school and college literature classes due to its historical context and enduring legacy. A Hollywood film…
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe is commonly cited as the Great American Novel—John William De Forest saw it as the closest possible novel.
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Philip Roth satirized the term with his 1973 novel The Great American Novel.