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Tim O'Brien and the Art of the True War Story: "Night March" and "Speaking of Courage", in Twentieth Century Literature » Read Now
by John H. Timmerman. 14 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Tim OBrien and the Art of the True War Story: "Night March" and...abstracted and more simplistic. In "Were Adjusted Too Well," Tim OBrien voiced his dismay that the nations...
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Fighting and Writing the Vietnam War (Chap. 5 "Tim O'Brien's Understood Confusion") » Read Now
by Don Ringnalda. 266 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

A new paradigm for perceiving the Vietnam War & the literature it produced.
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Vietnam, We've All Been There: Interviews with American Writers ("Maybe So," interview with Tim O'Brien p. 125) » Read Now
by Eric James Schroeder. 219 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Vietnam, We've All Been There a unique collection of interviews with noted American writers who made the Vietnam war a subject of their work. The writers represented here were chosen by Dr. Schroeder because their books, plays, poems, and reportage are among the best of the particular genre in which...
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Vietnam, We've All Been There a unique collection of interviews with noted American writers who made the Vietnam war a subject of their work. The writers represented here were chosen by Dr. Schroeder because their books, plays, poems, and reportage are among the best of the particular genre in which each one works - Norman Mailer, David Rabe, and Michael Herr among them. Provocative not only for the opinions and memories of the interviewees, this book is also interesting for its focus on the variety of literary forms and styles that emerged from the Vietnam experience. The author makes the point that the more successful literature to come out of the war was from writers who stretched the limits of particular forms, giving birth to narratives that broke all the rules. For example, where journalism usually demands facts, Michael Herr, the author of Dispatches, insisted on much more. He described psychological states, assessed personal losses, and personified the war in ways that were radically different from accepted reporting. As Dr. Schroeder reminds us, Vietnam deeply affected everyone who lived through it - thus there were many cultural effects that still beg for examination and thought. He spent nine years gathering these interviews and during that time the war was a constant presence in his life. For many Americans even a lifetime may not make it possible to come to terms with the war. And while it is important not to forget where we've been, it is also important to move forward. In this book, the writers we hear from, like the works they created, help us to remember the past with a reflective wisdom that is essential to informing our future.
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The Undying Uncertainty of the Narrator in Tim O'Brien's the Things They Carried, in Critique » Read Now
by Steven Kaplan. 10 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...Undying Uncertainty of the Narrator in Tim OBriens The Things They Carried STEVEN...Lomperis87). Similarly, for the novelist Tim OBrien, the language of fiction is the...
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How to Tell a True War Story: Metafiction in the Things They Carried, in Critique » Read Now
by Catherine Calloway. 9 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...The Things They Carried CATHERINE CALLOWAY Tim OBrien most recent book, The Things They Carried...author of The Things They Carried , is named Tim OBrien. Both the real and...
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Writing between the Lines: An Anthology on War and Its Social Consequences ("How to Tell a True War Story" by Tim O'Brien p. 4) » Read Now
by Kevin Bowen, Bruce Weigl. 314 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

"This terrific collection is a powerful antidote to the rewritten and re-imaged vision of the Vietnam War in American culture of the 1990s....An exceptionally valuable book with ample potential as a classroom text". -- H. Bruce Franklin
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Can Stories Save Us? Tim O'Brien and the Efficacy of the Text, in Critique » Read Now
by Maria S. Bonn. 14 pgs.

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...Can Stories Save Us? Tim OBrien and the Efficacy of the Text MARIA S. BONN Tim OBrien tells us at the beginning of the final story...imagination? On the one hand Paul...
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Time in O'Brien's Going after Cacciato, in Critique » Read Now
by Dean Mcwilliams. 11 pgs.

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...Going After Cacciato Dean McWilliams Tim OBriens Going After Cacciato 1 is the...Ohio University NOTES 1. Tim OBrien, Going After Cacciato , (New York...Dennis Vannatta...
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O'Brien's Going after Cacciato, in Explicator » Read Now
by Vera P. Froelich. 3 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...CACCIATO It is generally recognized that Tim OBriens Going After Cacciato , the winner...WORKS CITED Bates, Milton J. "Tim OBriens Myth of Courage". Modern...
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A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English ("Tim O'Brien" begins on p. 309) » Read Now
by Erin Fallon, R. C. Feddersen, James Kurtzleben, Maurice A. Lee, Susan Rochette-Crawley. 432 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Though many outstanding novels have been written in the last century, most of these novelists have also been short story writers. This reference is a guide to contemporary English-language short story writers and their works. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on roughly 50 writers from...
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Though many outstanding novels have been written in the last century, most of these novelists have also been short story writers. This reference is a guide to contemporary English-language short story writers and their works. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on roughly 50 writers from around the world, most of whom have been active since 1960. More than half the American writers belong to historically marginalized groups, such as Jewish-Americans, African-Americans, and Asian-Americans, and the volume includes entries for slightly more women than men. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides biographical material, a review of criticism, an extended analysis of specific works, and a selected bibliography.
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Warring Fictions: American Literary Culture and the Vietnam War Narrative (Chap. 7 "Undying Uncertainty") » Read Now
by Jim Neilson. 260 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

A well-documented investigation of the Vietnam fiction canon & an exposure of the critical minds that inadequately defined it.
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Vietnam War Stories: Innocence Lost (Chap. 4 "Consideration") » Read Now
by Tobey C. Herzog. 244 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library
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The Vietnam Experience: A Concise Encyclopedia of American Literature, Songs, and Films ("Going after Cacciato" begins on p. 133) » Read Now
by Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Collier Hillstrom. 323 pgs.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

The Vietnam War was one of the most painful and divisive events in American history. The conflict, which ultimately took the lives of 58,000 Americans and more than three million Vietnamese, became a subject of bitter and impassioned debate. The most dramatic--and frequently the most...
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The Vietnam War was one of the most painful and divisive events in American history. The conflict, which ultimately took the lives of 58,000 Americans and more than three million Vietnamese, became a subject of bitter and impassioned debate. The most dramatic--and frequently the most enduring--efforts to define and articulate America's ill-fated involvement in Vietnam emerged from popular culture. American journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets, songwriters, and filmmakers--many of them eyewitnesses--have created powerful, heartfelt works documenting their thoughts and beliefs about the war. By examining those works, this book provides readers with a fascinating resource that explores America's ongoing struggle to assess the war and its legacies.
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