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Joseph Heller | | Birth Date: |
May 1, 1923 | | Death Date: |
December 12, 1999 | | Place of Birth: |
Brooklyn, New York, United States | | Place of Death: |
East Hampton, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
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 Biography of Joseph Heller
12,634 words, approx. 42 pages
 Joseph Heller has established himself as a major satirist in the field of contemporary American fiction. A new phrase was added to the American lexicon from the title of his first novel Catch-22 (1961). The term "catch-22" has become accepted in... summary from source:
 Biography of Joseph Heller
8,997 words, approx. 30 pages
Joseph Heller (1923-1999) was a popular and respected writer whose first and best-known novel, Catch-22 (1961), is considered a classic of the post-World War II era. Presenting human existence as absurd and fragmented, this irreverent, witty novel... summary from source:
 Biography of Joseph Heller
5,415 words, approx. 18 pages
When Joseph Heller learned that the New York Times Book Review's response to his first novel was negative, he and his family were terribly depressed. "Waiting for that review to come out," he later told David Streitfeld of New York, "I didn't think any...
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 Joseph Heller Quotes
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 Joseph Heller ( 1923-05-01 – 1999-12-12 ) was an American novelist and playwright. See also: Catch-22 Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Catch-22 (1961) 1.2 Something Happened (1974) 1.3 God Knows (1984) 1.4 Good As Gold (1976) 2 Unsourced 3 External links //...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Heller, Joseph
87 words, approx. 1 pages(born May 1, 1923, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 12, 1999, East Hampton, N.Y.) U.S. writer. Heller flew 60 combat missions as a bombardier in World War II before finishing his studies at Columbia and Oxford and working as an advertising... summary from source:
 Joseph Heller Information
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Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American satirical novelist and playwright. He wrote the influential Catch-22 [2] about American servicemen during World War II. It was this work whose title became the term commonly used to...
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 The Independent - London OBITUARIES: Joseph Heller
12/15/1999: 2,382 words, approx. 8 pages JOSEPH HELLER once told his friend and fellow author Kurt Vonnegut that, if it weren't for the Second World War, he'd be in the dry- cleaning business. He wasn't referring only to his wartime experiences - which provided the material for his satirical novel... summary from source:
Monarch Notes Works of Joseph Heller: Joseph Heller And Catch-22
01/01/1963: 3,933 words, approx. 13 pages Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Joseph Heller And Catch-22 On several counts, Catch-22 must be viewed as an extraordinary phenomenon. Although it is profound in its conception, complex in its artistry, and radical in its message, it has nevertheless very quickly become a popular classic. It... summary from source:
 AP News Writers praise Kurt Vonnegut
4/12/2007: 735 words, approx. 3 pagesLike his friend Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut was a hero to baby boomers _ though he was raised in an earlier time. The president he mourned was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, not John F. Kennedy. His war was World War II, not Vietnam.Nearly 40 when the... summary from source:
AP News Kurt Vonnegut tops in public's heart
11/16/2007: 775 words, approx. 3 pagesWithin the past year, three of the most famous authors to emerge after World War II have died: Norman Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut and William Styron. Their deaths all resulted in front-page stories, lengthy appreciations and ongoing discussions about their place in American letters.No writer was...
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Mike Frank
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Heller makes it clear that the real enemy, the source of the true danger, is that principle which can allow Milo so glibly to overlook Nazi crimes against human life. And that principle, as the text makes abundantly clear, is an economic one. For Milo contract, and the entire economic structure and ethical system that it embodies and represents, is more sacred than human life. (pp. 77-8) The most important manifestation of this thanatotic American morality, important because it extends the responsibility fr... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Leonard Michaels
1,143 words, approx. 4 pages
In his diary Kafka asks, "What have I in common with Jews?" Immediately he answers, "I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe." Thus, failure to identify with his people inspires a joke about failure to identify with himself. The same failure, and the same joke extremely elaborated, describes much of Joseph Heller's third novel, "Good as Gold." As the title boasts, "Good as Gold&...
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 Essay Grade: 92%Joseph Heller's Career
1,747 words, approx. 6 pages
Ever since the early success of his novel Catch 22, Joseph Heller has been recognized as one of the top 20 American writers in history. The success of the book was supported by the social tone of the year of its publication: 1961.
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