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Recommended Sources about "The Things They Carried"

Literary Themes for Students by Thomson Gale
ISBN: 1414404964
Publication Date: 2006-07-01
This is an overview of "The Things They Carried" which includes an introduction, plot summary, themes, historical overview, criticism and additional sources.

NOTE You need an up-to-date library ID to access this OhioLink resource off-campus.
Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature by Jennifer McClinton-Temple
ISBN: 0816071616
Publication Date: 2010-12-01
SEE ESPECIALLY VOLUME I, PAGE 44 AND PAGE 55 AND VOLUME III, PAGES 833-837in this unique, three-volume Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature which offers both a survey of literary themes and a collection of in-depth analyses of how these themes operate in individual literary works. Part I of this comprehensive new set contains essays on 50 prominent literary themes, with each essay describing how the theme has evolved over time, how it relates to other important themes, and why this theme is powerful enough to recur so often in great literature. Part II contains essays on specific themes in more than 300 individual classic works of literature.
The Final Crossing by John J. Han (Editor); C. Clark Triplett (Editor)
ISBN: 9781433130151
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
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Since ancient times, writers and poets have grappled with death, dying, grief, and mourning in their works.SEE CHAPTER 12 for a discussion of The Things They Carried in this context.

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Recommended Sources about Tim O'Brien

Author information is very important when doing a critical analysis of a work, especially when you are asked to provide a brief biography of the author or a bibliography. The resources listed here will help you to find information about authors. You may also want to search for the author's name (last name, first name) in a subject search of the LCCC Library Catalog.

Critical Companion to Tim O'Brien by Susan Elizabeth Farrell
Call Number: 813.54 O134xf
ISBN: 081607870X
Publication Date: 2011-08-01
A Trauma Artist: Tim O'Brien and the Fiction of Vietnam by Mark A. Heberle
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 0877457611
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
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Soldiers Once and Still by Alex Vernon
ISBN: 0877458863
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
This will link you to the chapter about "Reading Tim O'Brien" in this larger work which explores how war and the military have shaped the identities of several writers-- Ernest Hemingway, James Salter, and Tim O’Brien.

O'Brien, Tim, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation
These items books/resources dealing with criticism and interpretation of Tim O'Brien are available through OhioLINK.
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