American literature would not be complete without John Steinbeck's masterpiece entitled "The Grapes of Wrath". This outstanding novel is supposedly the most significant dispelling of the myth of California as a Promised Land. This book is considered to be the most thorough examination of American society in the thirties. Not only does it present realities in terms of economy and history but also it deals with the mentality of Americans.
The novel's title refers to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe . As Steinbeck said: "I like it because it is a march and this book is a kind of march- because it is in our own revolutionary tradition and because in reference to this book it has a large meaning".
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