| Description |
204 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Greenhaven Press literary companion to American literature |
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Greenhaven Press literary companion to American literature.
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Introduction -- Ken Kesey : life before, during, and after an extraordinary interlude -- Plot and characters -- 1. One flew over the cuckoo's nest : literary themes -- Defending a controversial book / Janet R. Sutherland ; Out of the '50s, into the '60s / Robert Rosenwein ; Comedy in Cuckoo's nest / Ronald Wallace ; Interracial partners in the new American west / Leslie A. Fiedler ; Elements of fiction in One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Michael Atkinson ; Sexist novel / Elizabeth McMahan -- 2. Psychological issues -- Defending the mental health industry / Roger C. Loeb ; Kesey and Freud / Ruth Sullivan ; Laughter as psychotherapy / Nicolaus Mills ; Personal identity and spiritual rebirth / Ellen Herrenkohl -- 3. Characters in Cuckoo's nest -- McMurphy as revolutionary hero / Jerome Klinkowitz ; McMurphy as Christ figure / George N. Boyd ; McMurphy as tragic hero / Michael M. Boardman ; McMurphy's evolution / Richard Blessing ; Bromden's spiritual journey / W.D. Sherman ; Big Chief as narrator and executioner / Fred Madden -- 4. Cuckoo's nest on film -- Film compared to the novel / Frank Kermode ; Adolescent fantasy / David Denby ; Nicholson's ironic portrayal of McMurphy / Molly Haskell ; Camera as narrator / Thomas J. Slater. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-196) and index. |
| Subject |
Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
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Psychiatric hospital patients in literature.
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Mentally ill in literature.
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| Added Author |
Kappel, Lawrence.
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| ISBN |
0737701854 library binding alkaline paper |
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0737701846 paperback alk paper |
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