John Knowles's A separate peace / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowles, John, 1926-2001. Separate peace.

Knowles, John.

Preparatory school students in literature.

Physical Description:

162 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Separate peace

Place of Publication:

New York : Chelsea House, [2008]

Summary:

Edited and introduced by Yale University professor and distinguished literary critic Harold Bloom, Bloom's Guides is a collection of comprehensive study guides for both students and adults. Emphasizing summary and analysis, these guides are designed to provide the necessary materials with which readers can gain a better understanding of the most widely read works in Western literature.

Contents:

Introduction

Biographical sketch

The story behind the story

List of characters

Summary and analysis

Critical views

James Ellis on innocence and envy

Ronald Weber on narrative method in the novel

Peter Wolfe on the impact of the novel

Marvin E. Mengeling on meaning and myth

Paul Witherington on the novel's structure

James L. McDonald on Knowles's context and influences

James M. Mellard on vision and counterpoint in the novel

Gordon E. Slethaug on the use of the double

James Holt McGavran on male bonding in the novel

Milton P. Foster of the novel's multiple layers of meaning

H.B. Bryant on Phineas's pink shirt

David G. Holborn on the role of war in the novel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156) and index.

ISBN:

9780791097854

0791097854

OCLC:

173954469