Bibliograph

Joseph Heller's Catch-22, edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Type

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Joseph Heller's Catch-22, edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-136) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Joseph Heller's Catch-22

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

237018899

Responsibility statement

edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Series statement

Bloom's guides

Summary

A guide to the American novel features a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a summary of the plot, and critical interpretations of the work

Table Of Contents

Joseph J. Waldmeir on flaws and weaknesses in Catch-22 -- Alvin Greenberg on existential choices in Catch-22 -- Wayne Charles Miller on Joseph Heller and Herman Melville -- Alfred Kazin on Catch-22 as emblem of war as "political uselessness" -- Tony Tanner on strategies of survival in Catch-22 -- Clinton S. Burhans, Jr. on structure and chaos in Catch-22 -- Gerald B. Nelson on the unfunny vision of Catch-22 -- Stephen L. Sniderman on Yossarian's culpability -- Morris Dickstein on Yossarian's changing character -- Gary Lindberg on Yossarian as atypical confidence man -- Norman Podhoretz on rethinking Catch-22 -- Michael C. Scoggins on Joseph Heller's combat experiences in Catch-22 -- Steven J. Doloff on Snowden's secret irony

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