Tilting at Mortality: Narrative Strategies in Joseph Heller's FictionWayne State University Press, 2000 - 330 pages This work considers Joseph Heller's career and examines each of his novels, including Closing Time. It pursues two complementary tracks: first it explores the evolution of Heller's treatment of human morality; and second, it delineates Heller's artistic developments as a novelist. |
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