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A Separate Peace | Essays and Criticism

• A Separate Piece: An overview

  A comprehensive essay exploring the strengths and weaknesses of the novel, as well as a summary of the literary traditions the novel falls under.

• A Separate Peace: War and the Human Heart

  In the following excerpt, Holborn describes A Separate Peace as a novel about war, especially within the human heart.

• Mythology in A Separate Peace

  A comprehensive essay with many excerpts from the text examines allusions to classical myth, particularly Greek mythology, in A Separate Peace.

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1. A Separate Peace: Introduction
2. A Separate Peace: Summary
3. A Separate Peace: John Knowles Biography
4. A Separate Peace: Themes
5. A Separate Peace: Style
6. A Separate Peace: Historical Context
7. A Separate Peace: Critical Overview
8. A Separate Peace: Character Analysis
   1. Gene Forrester
   2. Phineas
   3. Other Characters
9. A Separate Peace: Essays and Criticism
   1. A Separate Piece: An overview
   2. A Separate Peace: War and the Human Heart
   3. Mythology in A Separate Peace
10. A Separate Peace: Compare and Contrast
11. A Separate Peace: Topics for Further Study
12. A Separate Peace: Media Adaptations
13. A Separate Peace: What Do I Read Next?
14. A Separate Peace: Bibliography and Further Reading
15. A Separate Peace: Pictures
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