The Vonnegut effect / Jerome Klinkowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klinkowitz, Jerome.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vonnegut, Kurt--Criticism and interpretation.

Vonnegut, Kurt.

Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Considering both Vonnegut's methods and the cultural needs they have served, Klinkowitz explains how those works came to be written and concludes with an assessment of the author's place in American fiction.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

A Key to Abbreviations

Introduction: Vonnegut in America

Chapter One: Coming to Terms with Theme: Early Stories and Player Piano

Chapter Two: Coming to Terms with Technique: The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, Cat's Cradle, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

Chapter Three: Speaking Personally: Slaughterhouse-Five and the Essays

Chapter Four: Speaking Famously: Happy Birthday, Wanda June

Chapter Five: Speaking Cosmically: Galápagos, Bluebeard, and Hocus Pocus

Chapter Six: The Autobiography of a Novel: Timequake

Conclusion Vonnegut in Fiction

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-203) and index.

ISBN:

9786613622884

9781280593055

1280593059

9781611171143

1611171148

OCLC:

797852578