| The Libraries' collections in
American Literature principally support research and teaching
in the Department of English and in the Programs in Comparative
Literature and in Modern Thought. The collections are designed
to map the evolution of American literary culture in its
full historical, class, and ethnic diversity. The collections
are especially strong in 20th-century materials, particularly
since 1945, and offer rich documentation of literary production
for a variety of audiences, from avant-garde to mass market.
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The Grapes of
Wrath by
John Steinbeck (first edition). New
York: The Viking Press, 1939. Courtesy
of the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University
Libraries.
Stanford has significant holdings of Steinbeck
materials,
including manuscripts, notes, correspondence, photographs,
and ephemera.
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