Catch-22 by Harold Bloom
Joseph Heller's World War I satire, Catch-22, poses the moral dilemma of how to remain sane in an insane world. It also introduced the Catch-22 catchphrase into everyday vernacular. This edition offers full-length essays and an index that provides a companion for readers hoping to broaden their appreciation of Heller's modern masterpiece.-
Aeschylus' "Oresteia"
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Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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John Knowles' "A Separate Peace"
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Alice Walker's "The Color Purple"
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George Orwell's Animal Farm
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein"
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William Shakespeare's "King Henry IV, Part 1"
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Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace"
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter"
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude"
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Ernest Hemingway's "Sun Also Rises"
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F.Scott Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby
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William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
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Geoffrey Chaucer's "Pardoner's Tale"
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A Scholarly Look at the "Diary of Ann Frank"
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Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire"
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Night
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Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment"
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Things Fall Apart
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Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage
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Genesis
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"Beloved"
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Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure"
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The Stranger
Joseph Heller, a graduate of Cal Tech, spent 10 years as an aerospace engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. He later became the director of Kairos, a Los Angeles center for human development, and participated in year-long training programs in bioenergetics and gestalt, as well as shorter workshops with Buckminister Fuller, John Lilly, Virginia Satir, and Brugh Joy. He became a Rolfer in 1972 and continued to study with Ida Rolf through 1978, while learning Patterning from Judith Aston. He became the first president of the Rolf Institute in 1975 and left that position to found the Hellerwork Institute and its training program, Body of Knowledge, in 1978. He lives, practices, and teaches Hellerwork in Mt. Shasta, California. Bill Henkin hold graduate degrees in English, psychology, and human sexuality. A former university English instructor and magazine editor, he is author or coauthor of 14 books and editor or producer of a dozen more, including The Psychic Healing Book (with Amy Wallace), The Rocky Horror Picture Show Book, and Consensual Sadomasochism: How to Talk About It and How to do it Safely.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791059272 |
| ISBN 10 | 0791059278 |
| Title | Catch-22 |
| Author | Harold Bloom |
| Series | Modern Critical Interpretations S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Chelsea House Publishers |
| Year published | 2001-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 150 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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