Steinbeck's Typewriter: Essays on His Art

[Steinbeck's Typewriter: Essays on His Art] collects several of DeMott's finest essays on Steinbeck . . . [that are] so carefully revised as to warn other critics seeking their own 'collected essay' volume of the difference between a genuinely lapidary compilation and a kitchen midden. Illustrated with some rare photos, this collection is especially notable . . . -John Ditsky, Choice Steinbeck's Typewriter . . . stands as the most in-depth treatment of Steinbeck's aesthetics, particularly in its exploration of the author's 'interior spaces and creative habits' elements of Steinbeck's artistry which have not only been underestimated but woefully ignored' -Stephen George, Steinbeck Review