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It's a startling fact. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but it's worth knowing and debating. The book is nothing like the song, so why is the book copying from the song? Does the book credit the song in any way? Also, it's curious that Steinbeck's wife provided the title. I'm not being judgmental here, but simply factual.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 21:30, 28 February 2007 (EST)
It's a startling fact. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but it's worth knowing and debating. The book is nothing like the song, so why is the book copying from the song? Does the book credit the song in any way? Also, it's curious that Steinbeck's wife provided the title. I'm not being judgmental here, but simply factual.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 21:30, 28 February 2007 (EST)
:It might be ''factual'' to say "in a number of places the New Testament copies from the Old Testament" but wouldn't that phrasing give you even a moment of discomfort?
:Book titles are often suggested by friends, publishers, families. "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was suggested by Orwell's publisher (Orwell had wanted "The Last Man in Europe").
:Other Steinbeck titles are also allusions; "Of Mice and Men" to Robert Burns; "The Winter of Our Discontent" to Shakespeare (Richard the III?); "In Dubious Battle" to Milton; "East of Eden" to the book of Genesis (the entire novel alluding to BIblical themes); "Burning Bright" to Blake; all to reasonably familiar sources that readers could be expected to recognize. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 08:26, 1 March 2007 (EST)