John Knowles's A separate peace
By: edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Series: Bloom's guides
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780791097854
Subjects: Knowles, John, -- 1926-; Preparatory school students in literature
Other titles: Separate peace
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Biographical sketch; title: The story behind the story; title: List of characters; title: Summary and analysis; title: Critical views; title: James Ellis on innocence and envy; title: Ronald Weber on narrative method in the novel; title: Peter Wolfe on the impact of the novel; title: Marvin E. Mengeling on meaning and myth; title: Paul Witherington on the novel's structure; title: James L. McDonald on Knowles's context and influences; title: James M. Mellard on vision and counterpoint in the novel; title: Gordon E. Slethaug on the use of the double; title: James Holt McGavran on male bonding in the novel; title: Milton P. Foster of the novel's multiple layers of meaning; title: H.B. Bryant on Phineas's pink shirt; title: David G. Holborn on the role of war in the novel.