New Critical Essays on Kurt Vonnegut
David SimmonsKurt Vonnegut’s darkly comic work became a symbol for the counterculture of a generation. From his debut novel, Player Piano (1951) through seminal 1960’s novels such as Cat’s Cradle (1963) and Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) up to the recent success of A Man Without A Country (2005), Vonnegut’s writing has remained commercially popular, offering a satirical yet optimistic outlook on modern life. Though many fellow writers admired Vonnegut—Gore Vidal famously suggesting that “Kurt was never dull” —the academic establishment has tended to retain a degree of scepticism concerning the validity of his work. This dynamic collection aims to re-evaluate Vonnegut’s position as an integral part of the American post-war canon of literature.
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Рік:
2009
Видавництво:
Palgrave Macmillan
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
256
ISBN 10:
0230616275
ISBN 13:
9780230616271
Серії:
American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century
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PDF, 1.71 MB
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english, 2009
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