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Article: Insanity as Redemption in Contemporary American Fiction.
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- College Literature
- Article date:
- June 1, 1997
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This book is a study of the following novels, published between 1961 and 1979: Catch-22, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Slaughterhouse-Five, Being There, and Sophie's Choice. The best thing about Insanity as Redemption is that it is lucidly written and solidly researched - to a point. Unfortunately, that point basically extends no farther than 1979. The study raises serious questions about scholarly standards and how much they need to be held accountable to the present theoretical moment.
Lupack's longest chapters, her first and last, on Heller and Styron respectively, are her best. Each of these chapters may be recommended to anyone who seeks an intelligent, ...