Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or, The modern Prometheus (1818) -- Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's daughter" (1844) -- Aldous Huxley's Brave new world (1932) -- Robin Cook's Coma (1977) -- Albert Camus's The plague (1946) -- David Geldshuh's Miss Evers' boys (1990) -- Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1962) -- Alice Walker's Possessing the secret of joy (1992) -- John Updike's Rabbit at rest (1990) -- Margaret Edson's Wit (1999)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Illness and culture: an analysis of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy -- 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Perelman -- Michael Ignatieff on Bruce Catwin -- Joseph Brodsky on Isaiah Berlin -- Caroline Blackwood on Francis Bacon -- Elizabeth Hardwick on Mary McCarthy -- Tatyana Tolstaya on Joseph Brodsky -- Enrique Krauze on Octavio Paz -- Richard Seaver on Jerome Lindon -- Seamus Heaney on Thomas Flanagan -- Larry McMurtry on Ken Kesey -- Brad Leithauser on Anthony Hecht -- Oliver Sacks on Francis Crick…”
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“…He focuses on the band's early years, the significance of playing Ken Kesey's Acid Test parties, and their evolving exploration of the myriad musical and spiritual possibilities that extended improvisation afforded. …”

“…Owsley's high octane rocket fuel enabled Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters to put on the Acid Tests. …”