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No Laughing Matter

No Laughing Matter more books like this

by Joseph L Heller, Speed Vogel

With his friend Speed Vogel as collaborator, Joseph Heller vividly describes his terrifying battle with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a debilitating (though rare) disease that affects the peripheral nervous system and can lead to paralysis, or even death.

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Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here

Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here more books like this

by Joseph L Heller

In this droll, sardonic memoir, the author of CATCH-22 looks back on his coming of age in Brooklyn during the 1920's and 1930's.

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Now and then : a memoir from Coney Island to here

Now and then : a memoir from Coney Island to here more books like this

by Joseph Heller

In this memoir, Joseph Heller takes the reader on a journey back to his upbringing in a poor, predominantly Jewish neighbourhood in Coney Island, through his World War II experiences as a bombadier in the US Air Force in Italy, to his current life as an internationally acclaimed author.

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A Catch-22 Casebook, more books like this

by Frederick T Kiley, Walter McDonald

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Joseph Heller: A Descriptive Bibliography

Joseph Heller: A Descriptive Bibliography more books like this

Joseph Heller (1923-1999) became a major American author in 1961 with the publication of his first novel, Catch-22. He subsequently published six more novels, three plays, and two volumes of nonfiction. This bibliography of Heller's works describes all printings of all editions of his books in the English language, including British publications. ...

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Joseph Heller's Catch-22

Joseph Heller's Catch-22 more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor)

Joseph Heller's manic, bleak, blackly humorous, and brilliant novel has become a classic of American literature, and "Catch-22" has entered the language as a term describing a no-win situation. Set during the last months of World War II, the novel tells the story of an Air Force bombardier, the hapless Yossarian, who is convinced--quite rightly, ...

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Negation, Text Worlds, and Discourse: The Pragmatics of Fiction

Negation, Text Worlds, and Discourse: The Pragmatics of Fiction more books like this

by Laura Hidalgo-Downing, Laura Hidalgo Downing

A critical review of negation. Laura Hidalgo Downing proposes a model that brings together the semantic, cognitive and pragmatic features of negation, which are crucial for an understanding of its role in discourse.

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Joseph Heller more books like this

by Judith Ruderman

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Tilting at Mortality: Narrative Strategies in Joseph Heller's Fiction

Tilting at Mortality: Narrative Strategies in Joseph Heller's Fiction more books like this

by David M. Craig

Unlike other studies of Joseph Heller, which focus on his two primary works, "Catch-22" and "Something Happened", this volume considers Heller's entire career and examines each of his novels on its own terms, including Heller's latest work, "Closing Time". "Tilting at Mortality" pursues two complementary tracks: first, it explores the evolution of ...

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Now & Then

Now & Then more books like this

by Joseph L. Heller

In this droll, sardonic memoir, the author of CATCH-22 looks back on his coming of age in Brooklyn during the 1920's and 1930's.

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Catch-22: Antiheroic Antinovel more books like this

by Stephen W Potts

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Heller's Catch-22

Heller's Catch-22 more books like this

by Charles A Peek

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. "CliffsNotes on Catch-22" takes you into this unforgettable novel that is full of satire, exaggeration, grotesque and comic caricatures, and telling allusions. Heller's main characters are two Jewish boys ...

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From Here to Absurdity: The Moral Battlefields of Joseph Heller, Second Edition

From Here to Absurdity: The Moral Battlefields of Joseph Heller, Second Edition more books like this

by Stephen W Potts

Potts here provides a comprehensive critical examination of Joseph Heller's literary career, from his earliest published short stories to Closing Time (1994), the long-awaited sequel to Catch-22. Complete with Chronology, Notes, Primary Bibliography, Secondary Bibliography, and Index.

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Three Contemp Novel more books like this

by Robert M Scotto

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Joseph Heller more books like this

by Robert Merrill

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Catch-22 more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor)

Joseph Heller's World War II satire, "Catch-22", poses the moral dilemma of how to remain sane in an insane world. When it was first published in 1961, the novel not only became a modern-day classic, but it also introduced the term 'catch-22' to everyday vernacular. This installment in the "Bloom's Guides" series offers a varied selection of ...

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Conversations with Joseph Heller more books like this

by Adam J Sorkin (Editor), Joseph L Heller

Collections of interviews with notable modern writers

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Critical essays on Joseph Heller more books like this

by James Nagel

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Joseph Heller: A Reference Guide more books like this

by Brenda M. Keegan

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The Fiction of Joseph Heller: Against the Grain more books like this

by David Seed

This critical assessment of Heller's works from his earliest short stories to his most recent work seeks to illustrate the absurdist vision which informs even his plays and occasional essays. His best-known work is "Catch-22" and this is dealt with thoroughly by the author, though not to the exclusion of other more minor works. Biographical ...

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Philosophy in Literature more books like this

by Charles W. Johnson

This study examines several traditional philosophical problems as they are presented in works of literature and cinema. Instead of reading through dry, classical discourse, the book examines the same philosophical topics in dramatic settings. Works include Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass" and "The Hunting of the Snark", Michelangelo ...

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A Study of Joseph Heller's Catch-22: Going Around Twice more books like this

by Jon Woodson

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Understanding Joseph Heller more books like this

by Matthew J. Bruccoli (Editor), Sanford Pinsker

Few American writers have enjoyed such an auspicious debut as Heller did with "Catch-22", and fewer still have managed to follow their initial success with novels that are read as widely, and with as much enjoyment, as are Heller's. He remains today what he was virtually from the beginning of his career - one of our most important satirists. To ...

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War in Joseph Heller's Catch-22 more books like this

by 'Dedria Bryfonski (Editor)

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Understanding Joseph Heller more books like this

by Sanford Pinsker

This is a critical survey of the complete body of work by the author of "Catch-22". In this revised edition, Sanford Pinsker explores the idiosyncratic vision that permeates Heller's writings, as he maps the dark terrain Heller carved out, novel by novel, with considerable verbal dazzle and the uncompromising outrage of the classical satirist. ...

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