Edition statement supplied by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-280) and index.
Contents:
On One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Biography of Ken Kesey -- The literary, historical, and cultural contexts of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Ratched and McMurphy: a survey of critical commentary on the central characters of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- "Pluralist" criticism, "practical" criticism, and Ken Kesey's Cuckoo's Nest -- Grapes in the nest : The Grapes of Wrath and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- "Minority" characters in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Bromden, the African American aides, and women -- Kesey's transcendental gothic: traces of nineteenth-century American romanticism in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Southwestern humor, and the roles of Bromden and McMurphy -- Momism and 'beset manhood': sex-role theory in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- "You get your visions through whatever gate you're granted": gates and gatekeepers in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- America's minorities in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Ken Kesey and his kosmic konvergence machine: a personal reminiscence -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: a survey of commentary on the film adaptation -- Ken Kesey's comments on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: a survey of commentary on major themes, important techniques, subsidiary characters, and other issues -- Chronology of Ken Kesey's life -- Works by Ken Kesey.
Summary:
Provides a collection of critical essays on Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
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