Yes, one of the American West’s most celebrated authors was influenced by tales from across the pond. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) The impact of King Arthur The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University houses hundreds of books by and about John Steinbeck. Here’s a look at that Steinbeck, with insight from experts including author-professor Susan Shillinglaw, former director of the Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University and the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas archivist Peter Van Coutren and director Daniel Rivers of the SJSU center Gavin Jones, professor at Stanford University South Bay author-educator Audry Lynch and other Steinbeck scholars and biographers.
There’s the John Steinbeck most Californians know, the bard of the Salinas Valley and Cannery Row, the chronicler of the common man’s plight, the acclaimed author of such towering works as “The Grapes of Wrath” and “East of Eden.”Īnd then there’s the Steinbeck you may not know - the one who is revered by Norwegians, was influenced by the tales of King Arthur and who wrote his greatest novel in Los Gatos.
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