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Provides a collection of critical essays on Tim O'Brien's novel The things they carried.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Evans, Robert C., 1955- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ipswich, MA : Amenia, NY : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Grey House Publishing, 2026.
©2026
Series:Critical insights.
Subjects:
O'Brien, Tim, > 1946- > Biography.
O'Brien, Tim, > 1946- > Things they carried > Criticism and interpretation.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Literature and the war.
Table of Contents:
  • Exploring The Things They Carried
  • Getting to Know The Things They Carried
  • Biography of Tim O'Brien
  • The Initial Reception of The Things They Carried
  • The Things They Carried: 35 Years of Critical Commentary
  • History, Memory, and Story in Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried
  • Combat Zones: The Things They Carried and A.F.N. Clarke's Contact
  • Remembrance of Deaths Past: Repetition, Reanimation, and Release
  • "Like God, or like the gods": War, Epic, and Anti-Epic in The Things They Carried
  • "Their principles were in their feet": Feet and Symbolism in The Things They Carried
  • Some Functions of Lists, Listing, and Repetition in Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried
  • Lying Narrators: Endangered Testimonies in Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried
  • Paradoxical Testimonies of the Vietnam War in Ordinary Landscapes: "Recovered" Memories in Tim O'Brien's Short Story "Field Trip
  • Cinematic Allusions in Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried
  • Early Efforts to Censor and Ban Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried
  • Chronology of Tim O'Brien's Life
  • Works by Tim O'Brien
  • Bibliography
  • About the Editor
  • Contributors
  • Index.