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Tim O'Brien's The things they carried, edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom

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Tim O'Brien's The things they carried, edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tim O'Brien's The things they carried

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

460053618

Responsibility statement

edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Series statement

Bloom's modern critical interpretations

Summary

Presents a collection of critical essays that discuss the characters, themes, and plots of the composite novel

Table Of Contents

Things they carried as composite novel / Farrell O'Gorman -- Perspectives of other characters / Mats Tegmark -- "Excremental assault" in Tim O'Brien: trauma and recovery in Vietnam War literature / David R. Jarraway -- Undying uncertainty / Jim Neilson -- Challenging the law of courage and heroic identification in Tim O'Brien's If I die in a combat zone and the things they carried / Carl S. Horner -- "Afraid to admit we are not Achilles": facing Hector's dilemma in Tim O'Brien's The things they carried / Christopher Michael McDonough -- Role of the ideal (female) reader in Tim O'Brien's The things they carried: why should real women play? / Pamela Smiley -- Tim O'Brien and gender: a defense of The things they carried / Susan Farrell -- Salvation, storytelling, and pilgrimage in Tim O'Brien's The things they carried / Alex Vernon

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Things they carried

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