Tilting at Mortality: Narrative Strategies in Joseph Heller's Fiction.(Review)

The Modern Language Review | July 1, 1999| | Copyright

Tilting at Mortality: Narrative Strategies in Joseph Heller's Fiction. By DAVID M. CRAIG. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press. 1998. 330 pp. $34.95; 31.50 [pounds sterling].

With Catch-22 established as a modern classic and its title phrase now listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, it is surprising that Joseph Heller has not received more critical attention. David M. Craig's new study is a thorough, detailed, and well-researched survey that will help to redress that neglect. Craig covers all of Heller's fiction to date, building his analysis around the theme of ...

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