Mental illness in Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Dedria Bryfonski, book editor.
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TextSeries: Social issues in literature seriesPublication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010Description: 218 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780737750188; 0737750189; 9780737750195 (pbk.); 0737750197 (pbk.)Subject(s): Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo's nest | Kesey, Ken -- Criticism and interpretation | Mentally ill in literature | Psychiatric hospital patients in literatureDDC classification: 813/.54 LOC classification: PS3561.E667 | O536 2010Online resources: Publisher description
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Background on Ken Kesey. The life of Ken Kesey / Stephen L. Tanner and Laura M. Zaidman ; Kesey clarifies the role drugs played in the creation of One flew over the cuckoo's next / Robert Faggen and Ken Kesey ; Kesey was the seminal author of the psychedelic era / Christopher Lehmann-Haupt ; Defying terror was a Kesey hallmark / Douglas Brinkley -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest and mental illness. Kesey's realistic view of the world of the insane / Janet R. Sutherland ; McMurphy helps Chief Bromden regain his sanity / Barry H. Leeds ; The patients in Cuckoo's next regain their manhood by banding together / Terence Martin ' McMurphy is a psychopath, not a hero / Robert Forrey ; Chief Bromden conquers his fears and becomes a hero / Annette Benert ; One flew over the cuckoo's nest questions the meaning of sanity / Ellen Herrenkohl ; The insane are more rational than the sane / Barbara Tepa Lupack ; Kesey creates an Oedipal triangle in Cuckoo's next / Ruth Sullivan ; Mixed ethnicity and gender issues preset challenges to manhood / Robert P. Waxler ; Kesey critiques a society that uses fear and conformity to emasculate men / Michael Meloy -- Contemporary perspectives on mental illness. People with severe mental illness can live productively in society / Kate Sheppard ; Psychosurgery raises ethical issues / Lauren Slater ; Brain surgeries banned elsewhere are performed in China / Nicholas Zamiska ; Electroshock therapy can help cure depression / Mind, Mood & Memory.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 813.54/KESEY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500006792 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-209) and index.
Background on Ken Kesey. The life of Ken Kesey / Stephen L. Tanner and Laura M. Zaidman ; Kesey clarifies the role drugs played in the creation of One flew over the cuckoo's next / Robert Faggen and Ken Kesey ; Kesey was the seminal author of the psychedelic era / Christopher Lehmann-Haupt ; Defying terror was a Kesey hallmark / Douglas Brinkley -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest and mental illness. Kesey's realistic view of the world of the insane / Janet R. Sutherland ; McMurphy helps Chief Bromden regain his sanity / Barry H. Leeds ; The patients in Cuckoo's next regain their manhood by banding together / Terence Martin ' McMurphy is a psychopath, not a hero / Robert Forrey ; Chief Bromden conquers his fears and becomes a hero / Annette Benert ; One flew over the cuckoo's nest questions the meaning of sanity / Ellen Herrenkohl ; The insane are more rational than the sane / Barbara Tepa Lupack ; Kesey creates an Oedipal triangle in Cuckoo's next / Ruth Sullivan ; Mixed ethnicity and gender issues preset challenges to manhood / Robert P. Waxler ; Kesey critiques a society that uses fear and conformity to emasculate men / Michael Meloy -- Contemporary perspectives on mental illness. People with severe mental illness can live productively in society / Kate Sheppard ; Psychosurgery raises ethical issues / Lauren Slater ; Brain surgeries banned elsewhere are performed in China / Nicholas Zamiska ; Electroshock therapy can help cure depression / Mind, Mood & Memory.
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