A Separate Peace by John Knowles | Resources

A Separate Peace For Further Study

Hallman Bell Bryant, "Symbolic Names in Knowles's A Separate Peace," In Names, Vol 34, No I, March, 1986, pp. 83-8.

An analysis of some of the character's names in the novel.

Concise Dictionary of Literary Biography Broadening Views, 1968-1988, Gale, 1989, pp 120-35.

Biographical information on John Knowles and his work. Includes revised typescript from one of Knowles's works

Jay L Halio, "John Knowles's Short Novels," Studies in Short Fiction Vol. I, Winter, 1964, pp. 107-09.

A survey of several of Knowles's shorter novels.

Granville Hicks, "The Good Have a Quiet Heroism," in Saturday Review, March 5, 1960, p. 15.

Early review winch praises A Separate Peace, and analyzes Finny's character, concluding he is not really a hero.

Isabel Quigly, The Heirs of Tom Brown: The English School Story, Oxford University Press, 1984.

This book-length study looks at the genre of...
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