Grapes of Wrath

Grapes of Wrath

Grapes of Wrath may refer to:
* a phrase from the first stanza of the Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe, a possible allusion to Revelation 14:14-20 ("the harvest and the vintage") and Isaiah 63:1-6.
* "The Grapes of Wrath", a 1939 novel by John Steinbeck
* "The Grapes of Wrath (film)", a 1940 film adaptation of the novel directed by John Ford
* "The Grapes of Wrath (play)", a Tony Award-winning play based on the Steinbeck novel
* "The Grapes of Wrath (opera)", an opera based on the Steinbeck novel
* The Grapes of Wrath (band), a Canadian folk rock band of the 1980s and 1990s
* "Grapes of Wrath" (album), a 1983 studio album by British rock band Spear of Destiny
* Operation Grapes of Wrath, a 1996 Israeli military operation in South Lebanon
* "Grapes of Wraith", a song by The Mission on the album "Carved in Sand"


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Grapes of Wrath — Grapes of Wrath, The (1939) a novel by John Steinbeck which describes how a family called Joad have to leave their farm in the ↑Dust Bowl in the US state of Oklahoma during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and the difficulties they have in… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • grapes of wrath — Etymology: from The Grapes of Wrath (1939), novel by John Steinbeck b1902, American novelist, from the line “He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored”, from The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia W. Howe died 1910… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Grapes of Wrath — Früchte des Zorns (Titel des englischen Originals von 1939: The Grapes of Wrath) ist das bekannteste Werk des US amerikanischen Schriftstellers John Steinbeck. Der sozialkritische und naturalistisch geschriebene Roman schildert das Schicksal der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • grapes of wrath — n. wine. □ Fred had taken a little too much of the grapes of wrath. □ How about another dose of the grapes of wrath? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Grapes of Wrath (Black Books episode) — Infobox Television episode | Title = Grapes of Wrath Series = Black Books Season = 1 Episode = 3 Guests = Paul Beech, Daisy Campbell, Kevin Eldon, Ben Homewood Chris Larner Airdate = October 13, 2000 Production = Writer = Dylan Moran Graham… …   Wikipedia

  • Grapes of Wrath (album) — Infobox Album Name = Grapes of Wrath Type = Studio Longtype = Artist = Spear of Destiny Released = 1983 Recorded = The Shuttle Genre = Rock Length = Label = Epic Records Producer = Nick Launay Reviews = Last album = This album = Grapes of Wrath… …   Wikipedia

  • Grapes of Wrath — a novel (1939) by the US writer John Steinbeck which won the Pulitzer Prize. It tells the story of the Joad family, whose farm is ruined in the Dust Bowl, and their journey to the ‘promised land’ of California. It is a sad story about the lack of …   Universalium

  • grapes of wrath — novel by John Steinbeck; Israeli military operation in southern Lebanon in 1996 …   English contemporary dictionary

  • The Grapes of Wrath — infobox Book name = Grapes of Wrath image caption= First edition cover author = John Steinbeck cover artist = Elmer Hader country = United States language = English genre = Novel publisher = The Viking Press James Lloyd release date = 1939 media… …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Grapes of Wrath — Part of the 1982–2000 South Lebanon conflict …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”