Catch-22: Antiheroic Antinovel

From back cover: "Joseph Heller's 'Catch 22,' published in 1961, was immediately embraced by the American public as a book whose time had come. The novel was also recognized in the nation's restless intellectual circles as a sociopolitical commentary on the fifties and the cold war era. In 'Catch-22: Antiheroic Antinovel,' Stephen Potts persuades us that there is good reason that Heller's convoluted, complicated novel continues to be one of the most widely studied works of 20th century American fiction." *** Contents Include: * Historical Context * the Importance of the Work * Critical Reception A READING * Method in Madness, Part I * Pianosa: Method in Madness, Part 2 * Bologna: Death, Injustice, and Absurdity * Avignon: The Dialectic of Values * Rome: Toward the Eternal City * Snowden, Orr, Sweden Appendix: A Chronology of 'Catch-22'