New critical essays on Kurt Vonnegut [electronic resource] / edited by David Simmons.
Simmons, David, 1979-
2009
PS3572.O5 Z793 2009eb
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Title New critical essays on Kurt Vonnegut [electronic resource] / edited by David Simmons.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780230100817 (electronic bk.)
9780230616271
Publication Details New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xv, 233 p.)
Call Number PS3572.O5 Z793 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 813/.54
Summary 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.
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Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Simmons, David, 1979-
Series American literature readings in the 21st century.
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Introduction: Flabbergasted / Todd Davis
"No damn cat, and no damn cradle": The Fundamental Flaws in Fundamentalism According to Vonnegut / P. L. Thomas
Mother Night / Philip Tew
The Journey Home in Kurt Vonnegut's World War II Novels / Elizabeth Abele
"God damn it, you've got to be kind": War and Altruism in the Works of Kurt Vonnegut / Rachel McCoppin
Resilience, Time and the Ability of Humor to Salvage any Situation: Bagombo Snuff Box / Jessica Lingel
Apocalypse in the Optative Mood: Gal̀apagos, or, Starting Over / Robert Tally
Art, Sentiment, and Vonnegut's Women / Susan E. Farrell
God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut: Tall Tales for the Final Years / Michael Hemmingson
Vonnegut and Hemmingway / Lawrence Broer
Reassessing Vonnegut and His Position in the Countercultural Canon / David Simmons
Vonnegut's Satire and Contemporary British Writers: Jonathan Coe, Will Self / Nicola Allen
Vonnegut and Contemporary Apocalyptic Fiction / Chris Glover.

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