One flew over the cuckoo's nest / editor, Robert C. Evans, Auburn University at Montgomery.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evans, Robert C., 1955- editor.

Heyne Memorial Fund.

Series:

Critical insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo's nest.

Kesey, Ken.

Kesey, Ken--Criticism and interpretation.

Minorities in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages).

polychrome

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital in the early 1960s, Ken Kesey's pivotal novel tackled ideas of institutionalization in a time when mental illness was highly stigmatized. Essays in this volume include a survey of the novel's critical reception, a comparison of Cuckoo's Nest to The Grapes of Wrath, and an examination of themes such as race, gender roles, and early American humor.

Contents:

The Book and The Author

On One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Kurt Andersen, et al. Andersen, Kurt 3

Biography of Ken Kesey / Jeff Moody Moody, Jeff 22

Critical Contexts

Historical Background

The Literary, Historical, and Cultural Contexts of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Darren Harris-Fain Harris-Fain, Darren 31

Critical Reception

Ratched and McMurphy: A Survey of Critical Commentary on the Central Characters of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Robert C. Evans Evans, Robert C. 45

Critical Lens

"Pluralist" Criticism, "Practical" Criticism, and Ken Kesey's Cuckoo's Nest / Robert C. Evans Evans, Robert C. 63

Comparative Analysis

Grapes in the Nest: The Grapes of Wrath and

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Christopher Baker Baker, Christopher 77

Critical Readings

"Minority" Characters in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Bromden, the African American Aides, and Women / Robert C. Evans Evans, Robert C. 95

Kesey's Transcendental Gothic: Traces of Nineteenth-Century American Romanticism in One Flew Over the / Cuckoo's Nest Nest, Cuckoo's, Brian Yothers Yothers, Brian 114

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Southwestern Humor, and the Roles of Bromden and McMurphy / Ronald G. Billingsley Billingsley, Ronald G. 129

Momism and "Beset Manhood": Sex-Role Theory in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest / Joakim Nilsson Nilsson, Joakim 140

"You get your visions through whatever gate you're granted": Gates and Gatekeepers in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Catherine Calloway Calloway, Catherine 157

America's Minorities in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Ronald G. Billingsley Billingsley, Ronald G. 173

Ken Kesey and His Kosinic Konvergence Machine: A Personal Reminiscence / Ed McClanahan McClanahan, Ed 188

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A Survey of Commentary on the Film Adaptation / Christina M. Garner Garner, Christina M. 202

Ken Kesey's Comments on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Robert C. Evans Evans, Robert C., Kelley Jeans Jeans, Kelley 218

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A Survey of Commentary on Major Themes, Important Techniques, Subsidiary Characters, and Other Issues / Robert C. Evans Evans, Robert C. 237.

Notes:

Edition statement supplied by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Heyne Memorial Fund .

Other Format:

Print version: One flew over the cuckoo's nest.

ISBN:

9781619258310

1619258315

Publisher Number:

99969737121

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