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The Chrysanthemums

Set in California’s Salinas Valley, John Steinbeck’s 1937 short story “The Chrysanthemums” concerns a married couple, Henry and Elisa Allen, the problems in their marriage, Elisa’s garden, and a tinker.

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Steinbeck, John

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PS3537.T3234

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Bloom, Harold (ed.).  John Steinbeck.  1987.

                        Call Number:  PS3537.T3234 Z7154 1987

• Burkhead, Cynthia (ed.).  Student Companion to John Steinbeck.  2002.

                      Call Number:  PS3537.T3234 Z6195 2002

• Hughes, R.S. Beyond the Red Pony.  1987.

                       Call Number:  PS3537.T3234 Z7146 1987

• Steinbeck, John.  The Portable Steinbeck.  1976.

                    Call Number:  PS3537.T3234 A6 1976

• Swisher, Clarice (ed.). Readings on John Steinbeck.  1996.

                  Call Number:  PS3537.T3234 Z855 1996

• Timmerman, John H.  John Steinbeck’s Fiction.  1986.

                   Call Number:  PS3537.T3234 Z928 1986

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Literary Criticism – Call Number:  REF PN771 .G27

o   Vol. 9, pg. 516, 519

o   Vol. 21, pg. 391-92

o   Vol. 34, pg. 415

o   Vol. 45, pg. 382

• Critical Survey of Short Fiction. 2^nd Revised Ed.  – Call Number: REF PN3321 .C7 2001

o   Pg. 2236

• Masterplots II: Short Story Series (Revised Edition) – Call Number: REF PN3326 .M27 2004

o   Vol. 2, pg. 640

• Short Story Criticism – Call Number:  PN3321 .S5

o   Vol. 11, pg. 207, 210, 214, 221, 223-37, 240-1, 244

o   Vol. 37, pg. 321-62

o   Vol. 77, pg. 230, 242-244, 248-248, 259, 292,

• Short Stories for Students – Call Number: REF PN3330 .S386

o   Vol. 6, pg. 59-82

Research Databases

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• Academic Search Complete
• Literature Resources from Gale
• Omnifile Full Text Mega

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