John Knowles's A separate peace

Introduction

Biographical sketch

The story behind the story

List of characters

Summary and analysis

Critical views

James Ellis on innocence and envy

Ronald Weber on narrative method in the novel

Peter Wolfe on the impact of the novel

Marvin E. Mengeling on meaning and myth

Paul Witherington on the novel's structure

James L. McDonald on Knowles's context and influences

James M. Mellard on vision and counterpoint in the novel

Gordon E. Slethaug on the use of the double

James Holt McGavran on male bonding in the novel

Milton P. Foster of the novel's multiple layers of meaning

H.B. Bryant on Phineas's pink shirt

David G. Holborn on the role of war in the novel.