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Of Mice and Men

The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was published in 1937.   The story concerns two causal laborers, George and Lennie, who travel from one ranch to another always dreaming of a place of their own.  Lennie inadvertently kills the wife of the boss' son; George, out of loyalty and friendship, is forced to shoot Lennie in order to save him from an angry mob.

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• John Steinbeck
• John Steinbeck Criticism and Interpretation
• Of Mice and Men

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

• Johnson, Claudia Durst. Understanding Of Mice and Men, The Red Pony, and The Pearl. 1997.

                          Call Number:  PS3537 .T3234 O464 1997

• Karson, Jill (ed.). Readings on Of Mice and Men. 1998.

                           Call Number:  PS3537 .T3234 O468 1998

•  John. Of Mice and Men. 1993.

                            Call Number:  PS3537 .T3234 O2 1993

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

                           Call Number:  PS3537 .T3234 Z855 1996

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Literary Criticism – Call Number:  REF PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 1, pg. 324-25

o   Vol. 5, pg. 406, 408-09

o   Vol. 9, pg. 512, 514, 517-18, 520

o   Vol. 13, pg. 529, 531-32

o   Vol. 21, pg. 366, 372, 378-86, 389-92

o   Vol. 34, pg. 405, 410-11, 414

o   Vol. 45, pg. 370-71, 382

o   Vol. 59, pg. 322, 332-34, 351

o   Vol. 75, pg. 335-65

o   Vol. 124, pg. 382, 402

• Critical Survey of Long Fiction. 2^nd Revised Ed. – Call Number:  REF PN3321 .C75 2000

o   Vol. 6, pg. 3052                

• Literature and Its Times – Call Number:  REF PN50 .L574 1997

o   Vol. 3, pg. 269-76

• Hayashi, Tetsumato.  A New Study Guide to Steinbeck’s Major Works, with Critical Explication. 1993

                           Call Number:  REF PS3537 .T3234 Z776 1993

• Magill’s Survey of American Literature – Call Number: REF PS21 .M34 2007

o   Vol. 6, pg. 2418-19

• Masterplots. 2^nd Revised Ed.– Call Number:  REF PN44 .M33 1976

o   Vol. 8, pg. 4620-22

• Novels for Students – Call Number:  REF PN44 .N937

o   Vol. 1, pg. 240-53

Research Databases

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• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Literature Resources from Gale

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