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    A Study Guide for James Salter's "Last Night"
    A Study Guide for James Salter's "Last Night"
    A Study Guide for James Salter's "Last Night"
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    A Study Guide for James Salter's "Last Night"

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    A Study Guide for James Salter's "Last Night," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 15, 2016
    ISBN9781535827133
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      A Study Guide for James Salter's "Last Night" - Gale

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      Last Night

      James Salter

      2002

      Introduction

      James Salter's Last Night was first published in the New Yorker magazine in November 2002; it was reprinted in 2005 as the final story in a collection of the same name. Salter has been widely recognized for his treatment of the physical and spiritual conditions of people living in a culture that is increasingly adrift of traditional standards of faith, personal integrity, and civil behavior. Within the condensed recounting of the presumed last night of one woman's life, Salter manages to explore a number of volatile social issues, including the legalities and ethics of assisted suicide, the disintegration of a marriage under the pressures of an extramarital affair, and the general malaise of a certain kind of culture. Walter Such is a representative of masculinity and integrity for the new world of the late twentieth century, a man notable for his frayed moral fiber and for the double betrayal of the one woman he claims to have loved.

      Author Biography

      James Salter was born James Horowitz on June 10, 1925, in Passaic, New Jersey, but he was raised in New York City. Educated at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (B.S., 1945) and later at Georgetown University (M.A., international affairs, 1950), Salter was a member of the U.S. Air Force (1945-1957), attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel during the Korean War. Given that he flew more than one hundred combat missions, it seems natural that Salter's first two novels would draw on his air force years, specifically on his adventures as a fighter pilot. Both the much-acclaimed The Hunters (1957; revised as Counterpoint in 1999) and the forgettable The Arm of Flesh (1961; revised as Cassada in 2001) explore the coded politics and personal pains that define modern war experiences. The Hunters was adapted for film in 1958, with Robert Mitchum starring as fighter pilot Major Cleve

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