One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: An Analysis



One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: An Analysis

Ken Kesey's first and best known novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), the story of an unlikely redeemer who triumphs over the authoritarian "Combine" run by Big Nurse Ratched, became the credo of an entire generation of rebels; and in the late twentieth century it continues to command the interest of new generations of readers with its comedic virtuosity (Porter, 2002).

The novel's genesis seems to confirm Kesey's belief that life is a form of art. As a graduate student at Stanford University in the ...