Barbara Heavilin is Associate Professor of English at Taylor University. Her previous books include The Critical Response to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (2000) and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath: A Reference Guide (2002), both available from Greenwood Press.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionContentTextsContextsIdeasNarrative ArtReceptionBibliographical Essay

Barbara Heavilin's study of and guide to John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men has much to recommend it. She provides interesting and informative chapters on the Contents, Texts, Contexts, Ideas, Narrative Art and Reception of the novel/play. There is also a brief bibliographical essay. Having gone over some of this same ground in my years of teaching what I consider a well constructed, almost perfect work of narrative art, it is always pleasing to me to find a writer who brings something new to the criticism, makes me look at the novel in a fresh way and gives me more ideas to introduce in the classroom discussion….[r]eaders will find much to enhance their readings of the novel. Barbara Heavilin's analysis and interpretation is a useful resource.

Barbara Heavilin is Associate Professor of English at Taylor University. Her previous books include The Critical Response to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (2000) and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath: A Reference Guide (2002), both available from Greenwood Press.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionContentTextsContextsIdeasNarrative ArtReceptionBibliographical Essay

Barbara Heavilin's study of and guide to John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men has much to recommend it. She provides interesting and informative chapters on the Contents, Texts, Contexts, Ideas, Narrative Art and Reception of the novel/play. There is also a brief bibliographical essay. Having gone over some of this same ground in my years of teaching what I consider a well constructed, almost perfect work of narrative art, it is always pleasing to me to find a writer who brings something new to the criticism, makes me look at the novel in a fresh way and gives me more ideas to introduce in the classroom discussion….[r]eaders will find much to enhance their readings of the novel. Barbara Heavilin's analysis and interpretation is a useful resource.

Barbara Heavilin is Associate Professor of English at Taylor University. Her previous books include The Critical Response to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (2000) and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath: A Reference Guide (2002), both available from Greenwood Press.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionContentTextsContextsIdeasNarrative ArtReceptionBibliographical Essay

Barbara Heavilin's study of and guide to John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men has much to recommend it. She provides interesting and informative chapters on the Contents, Texts, Contexts, Ideas, Narrative Art and Reception of the novel/play. There is also a brief bibliographical essay. Having gone over some of this same ground in my years of teaching what I consider a well constructed, almost perfect work of narrative art, it is always pleasing to me to find a writer who brings something new to the criticism, makes me look at the novel in a fresh way and gives me more ideas to introduce in the classroom discussion….[r]eaders will find much to enhance their readings of the novel. Barbara Heavilin's analysis and interpretation is a useful resource.