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.