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YASocial Issues in Literature series.
These books feature short essays, focused biographical pieces, interviews, and excerpts of critical articles selected from a range of reputable secondary sources. Background information on the author, thematic exploration of the named subject, and contemporary applications of the topic extend the significance of the literary work. Reading list, timeline. Bib., ind. Review covers these Social Issues in Literature titles: Mental Illness in Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Colonialism in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, The American Dream in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, and Social and Psychological Disorder in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe.