Premium Content The Use of Anecdote in Cannery Row
By Cy Ashley Webb - February 03, 2007
The vignettes and anecdotes interspersed throughout John Steinbeck's Cannery Row may, at first sight, seem tangential. Yet they are fundamental to the novel, not least because the plot line--throwing a party for Doc--would be insufficient to sustain a short story, let alone a full-length novel. Yet the episodes also serve many purposes other than advancing the story line. They shed light upon the mores of Cannery Row, grant insight into...
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