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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140173226

ISBN-139780140173222

eBay Product ID (ePID)52014

Product Key Features

Book TitleZapata

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1993

TopicPresidents & Heads of State, Literary, Film / History & Criticism, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenrePerforming Arts, Fiction, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorJohn Steinbeck

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN92-035434

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Commentaries byMorsberger, Robert E.

Dewey Decimal812.5/2

Grade ToUP

Table Of ContentZapata Preface Acknowledgments Part One: Zapata A Narrative, in Dramatic Form Emiliano Zapata, The Man, the Myth, and the Mexican Revolution an introductory essay by Robert Morsberger Zapata: A Narrative, in Dramatic Form, of the Life of Emiliano Zapata by John Steinbeck Part Two: Viva Zapata! The Screenplay Steinbeck's Zapata: Rebel Versus Revolutionary an introductory essay by Robert Morsberger Viva Zapata!: The Screenplay by John Steinbeck Appendix A Note on the Script Credits Steinbeck's Screenplays and Productions Steinbeck's Films Bibliography

SynopsisBefore there was Viva Zapata , the acclaimed film for which John Steinbeck received Academy Award nominations for best story and screenplay, there was the original Zapata . In the research library of UCLA, James Robertson unearthed Steinbeck's original narraive of the life of Emiliano Zapato, "the Little Tiger," champion of the peasants during the Mexican Revolution. This story, upon which Steinbeck based his classic script Viva Zapata , brilliantly captures the conflict between creative dissent and intolerant militancy to give us both a timesless social statement and an invaluable work of art. This new volume includes the screenplay, with copious notes by the film's acclaimed director, Elia Kazan, as well as Steinbeck's captivating narrative., Before there was Viva Zapata! , the acclaimed film for which John Steinbeck received Academy Award nominations for best story and screenplay, there was the original Zapata . In the research library of UCLA, James Robertson unearthed Steinbeck's original narraive of the life of Emiliano Zapato, "the Little Tiger," champion of the peasants during the Mexican Revolution. This story, upon which Steinbeck based his classic script Viva Zapata! , brilliantly captures the conflict between creative dissent and intolerant militancy to give us both a timesless social statement and an invaluable work of art. This new volume includes the screenplay, with copious notes by the film's acclaimed director, Elia Kazan, as well as Steinbeck's captivating narrative.