Kurt 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) and up to the recent success of A Man Without a Country (2005),...

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Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan 2011
Ausgabe:	1. Palgrave Macmillan paperback ed., transferred to digital print.
Schlagworte:	Vonnegut, Kurt > Criticism and interpretation Vonnegut, Kurt > 1922-2007 Geschichte 1900-2000 Authors, American > 20th century Science fiction, American > History and criticism Aufsatzsammlung
Zusammenfassung:	Kurt 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) and 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 skepticism 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.
Beschreibung:	XV, 233 S.
ISBN:	9780230120976