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LITERARY
for Students
THEMES
National Advisory Board
Susan Allison: Librarian, Lewiston High School,
Lewiston, Maine.
Carol Keeler: Upper School Media Specialist,
Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills,
Michigan.
Kathy Green: Deer Valley High School, Clayton,
California.
Mary Anne Nagler: English Department Chair,
Oakland Community College, Southfield,
Michigan.
Catherine Bond: Librarian, ConestogaHigh School,
Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
Julie Burwinkel: NBCT, Ursuline Academy, Cin-
cinnati, Ohio.
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Table of Contents
ADVISORS ............i
GUEST FOREWORD (by Greg Wilson) ....xi
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . xiii
LITERARY CHRONOLOGY . . . . . . xvii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....... xxi
CONTRIBUTORS .........xxv
VOLUME 1
WAR AND PEACE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE .1
WAR AND PEACE IN BRITISH LITERATURE ..17
WAR AND PEACE INWORLD LITERATURE ..36
ACROSS FIVE APRILS (by Irene Hunt) ....55
Biography . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . . 57
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Historical Overview . . . . . . . . 63
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . . 65
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
ALL QUIETONTHEWESTERN FRONT
(by Erich Maria Remarque) ........69
Biography . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . . 70
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Historical Overview . . . . . . . . 76
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Critical Overview. . . . . . . . . 77
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Historical Overview . . . . . . . 162
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . 164
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . 165
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . 168
THE ARTOFWAR (by Sun-Tzu) ......81
Biography . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . . 82
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Historical Overview . . . . . . . . 88
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . . 90
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
COMMON SENSE (by Thomas Paine) . . . 169
Biography . . . . . . . . . . 171
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . 171
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Historical Overview . . . . . . . 178
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . 180
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . 181
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . 183
BLACKHAWKDOWN:ASTORYOFMODERN
WAR (by Mark Bowden) ........95
Biography . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . . 96
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Historical Overview . . . . . . . 104
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . 106
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . 108
THEDIARYOF A YOUNG GIRL
(by Anne Frank) ..........185
Biography . . . . . . . . . . 187
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . 187
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Historical Overview . . . . . . . 193
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . 195
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . 196
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . 199
BORNONTHEFOURTHOFJULY
(by Ron Kovic) ..........109
Biography . . . . . . . . . . 111
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . 110
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Historical Overview . . . . . . . 117
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . 118
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . 123
‘‘EASTER 1916’’ (by William Butler Yeats) . . 200
Biography . . . . . . . . . . 202
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . 201
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Historical Overview . . . . . . . 206
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . 207
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . 208
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . 212
CATCH-22 (by Joseph Heller) ......124
Biography . . . . . . . . . . 126
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . 125
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Historical Overview . . . . . . . 134
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . 136
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . 137
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . 140
FAREWELL TOMANZANAR
(by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston) .....213
Biography . . . . . . . . . . 214
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . 214
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Historical Overview . . . . . . . 220
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . 222
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . 222
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . 225
‘‘THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
(by Alfred Tennyson) .........141
Biography . . . . . . . . . . 143
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . 142
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Historical Overview . . . . . . . 148
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . 149
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . 150
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . 153
FORWHOMTHE BELL TOLLS
(by Ernest Hemingway) ........227
Biography . . . . . . . . . . 228
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . 228
Themes . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Historical Overview . . . . . . . 235
Critical Overview. . . . . . . . 236
Criticism. . . . . . . . . . . 238
Sources . . . . . . . . . . . 241
COLDMOUNTAIN (by Charles Frazier) ...154
Biography . . . . . . . . . . 155
Plot Summary . . . . . . . . . 155
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