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BL
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1038819
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b793189
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| Title & Author
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Tim O'Brien's The things they carried /\ edited with and introduction by Harold Bloom.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Chelsea House Publishers,, ©2005.
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| Series Statement
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Bloom's guides
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| Page. NO
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149 pages ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0791081710
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: 9780791081716
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) and index.
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| Contents
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Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views. Clayton W. Lewis' "Chronicle of war" ; Pamela Smiley on the role of the ideal (female) reader ; Robin Blyn on O'Brien's The things they carried ; Catherine Calloway on "how to tell a true war story" : metafiction in The things they carried ; Maria S. Bonn on Tim O'Brien and the efficacy of the text ; Lorrie N. Smith on the gendered subtext in Tim O'Brien's Esquire stories ; Steven Kaplan on the undying uncertainty of the narrator ; Marilyn Wesley on truth and fiction ; David R. Jarraway on trauma and recovery in Vietnam War literature -- Works by Tim O'Brien.
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| Abstract
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"Essential for any student of literature looking to enhance his or her reading experience, Bloom's Guides are highly useful for test preparation, independent scholarship, or book group discussions. Book jacket."--Jacket.
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| Subject
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O'Brien, Tim,1946-Things they carried.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Literature and the war.
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War and literature.
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| Subject
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Things they carried (O'Brien, Tim)
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3565.B75T56 2005
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| Added Entry
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Bloom, Harold.
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| Spine Title
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Things they carried
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