Ask The Puma Research Guides: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (the novel)

Published in 1962, this Ken Kesey novel takes place in a mental hospital in the late 1950s. Patient McMurty (Randall Patrick McMurty), a feisty misfit, upsets the quiet routine of a men’s mental ward by asserting his individuality, inspiring other patients to assert themselves and continually conflicting with head nurse, Nurse Ratched.

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PZ4.K42
• PS3561.E667

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo’s nest.

                            Call Number: PZ4.K42 On5, PS3561.E667 O6 1963b, GEN FICT (PB)

• Kappel, Lawrence. Readings on One flew over the cuckoo's nest. 2000.

                            Call Number: PS3561.E667 O538 2000

• Bloom, Harold. (ed.). Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest. 2002.

                             Call Number: PS3561.E667 O5328 2002

• Fish, Peter. Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest. 1984.

                           Call Number: PS3561.E667 O533 1984

• Porter, M. Gilbert.  One flew over the cuckoo's nest: rising to heroism.

                           Call Number: PS3561.E667 O537 1989

• Tanner, Stephen L. Ken Kesey. 1983.

                          Call Number: PS3561.E667 Z88 1983

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo’s nest.

Reference Materials

• Novels for Students – Call Number: REF PN44 .N937

o   Vol. 2, pg. 218-39

• Contemporary Literary Criticism – Call Number: PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 1, pg. 167

o   Vol. 3, pg. 266-68

o   Vol. 6, pg. 277-79.

o   Vol. 11, pg. 314, 316-18

o   Vol. 46, pg. 224, 226, 228-29

o   Vol. 64, pg. 206-44

o   Vol. 184, pg. 218-308

• Critical Survey of Long Fiction – Call Number: REF PN3321 .C75 2000

o   Vol. 4, pg. 1776-78

o   Vol. 8, pg. 3711

• Magill’s Survey of American Literature – Call Number: REF PS21 .M34 2007

o   Vol. 3, pg. 1334-35

• Masterplots (Second Revised Edition) – Call Number: REF PN44 .M33 1996

o   Vol. 8, pg. 4710-13

• Literature and Its Times – Call Number: REF PN50 .L574 1997

o   Vol. 4, pg. 288-94

o   Vol. 5, pg. 318

Research Databases

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• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Literature Resources from Gale

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance