Jackson J Benson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3624973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jackson J Benson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jackson J |
| FAMILY NAME | Benson |
| SIGNATURE | BENSON J J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Ox-Bow Man
Journal Article The Ox-Bow Man: A Biography of Walter Van Tilburg Clark Get access The Ox-Bow Man: A Biography of Walter Van Tilburg Clark. By Benson Jackson J.. (Reno: University of Nevada Pres, 2004. xviii + 426 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $34.95.) Thomas Lyon Thomas Lyon Carlsbad, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 4, Winter 2005, Pages 531–532…
Down by the Lemonade Springs
Journal Article Down by the Lemonade Springs: Essays on Wallace Stegner and Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West Get access Down by the Lemonade Springs: Essays on Wallace Stegner. By Benson Jackson J.. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2001. xvi + 174 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.)Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West. By McMurtry Larry. (New York: New York Review of Books, 2001. xiv + 178 pp. Notes. $19.95.) …
Steinbeck and the Environment
Looking for Steinbeck's Ghost
In 1968, Jackson J. Benson, then a naive young literature professor, set out to write a critical appraisal of John Steinbeck. He found his project turning into an authorized biography: this is an account of his experiences over the 15 years he devoted to writing it. On one level it is a collection of anecdotes, character sketches and memories of Steinbeck. Benson interviewed scores of people who knew Steinbeck at various times in his life, and re…
In Search of J. D. Salinger
Ernest Hemingway
Decries critics who discount the importance of imagination in favor of a limited biographical vision of Hemingway’s work. Questions the common critical view that Hemingway’s writings are merely an extension of his life. Rather, Benson sees the author’s life as providing the material for his imagination and the creative act of writing. Passing references to The Sun Also Rises, The Old Man and the Sea, A Moveable Feast, and others
The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer
John Steinbeck and Farm Labor Unionization
W HEN John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle came out in early I936, Fred T. Marsh in a review in New York Times called it both dramatically and realistically, best labor and strike novel to come out of our contemporary economic and social unrest.' While never as popular as The Grapes of Wrath, book over years since its publication has maintained a solid reputation as one of Steinbeck's best novels. And today we value it for just about same reasons i…
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John Steinbeck and Farm Labor Unionization
W HEN John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle came out in early I936, Fred T. Marsh in a review in New York Times called it both dramatically and realistically, best labor and strike novel to come out of our contemporary economic and social unrest.' While never as popular as The Grapes of Wrath, book over years since its publication has maintained a solid reputation as one of Steinbeck's best novels. And today we value it for just about same reasons i…
The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer
Looking for Steinbeck's Ghost
In 1968, Jackson J. Benson, then a naive young literature professor, set out to write a critical appraisal of John Steinbeck. He found his project turning into an authorized biography: this is an account of his experiences over the 15 years he devoted to writing it. On one level it is a collection of anecdotes, character sketches and memories of Steinbeck. Benson interviewed scores of people who knew Steinbeck at various times in his life, and re…
In Search of J. D. Salinger
Ernest Hemingway
Decries critics who discount the importance of imagination in favor of a limited biographical vision of Hemingway’s work. Questions the common critical view that Hemingway’s writings are merely an extension of his life. Rather, Benson sees the author’s life as providing the material for his imagination and the creative act of writing. Passing references to The Sun Also Rises, The Old Man and the Sea, A Moveable Feast, and others
Steinbeck and the Environment
Down by the Lemonade Springs
Journal Article Down by the Lemonade Springs: Essays on Wallace Stegner and Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West Get access Down by the Lemonade Springs: Essays on Wallace Stegner. By Benson Jackson J.. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2001. xvi + 174 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.)Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West. By McMurtry Larry. (New York: New York Review of Books, 2001. xiv + 178 pp. Notes. $19.95.) …
The Ox-Bow Man
Journal Article The Ox-Bow Man: A Biography of Walter Van Tilburg Clark Get access The Ox-Bow Man: A Biography of Walter Van Tilburg Clark. By Benson Jackson J.. (Reno: University of Nevada Pres, 2004. xviii + 426 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $34.95.) Thomas Lyon Thomas Lyon Carlsbad, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 4, Winter 2005, Pages 531–532…
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