Understanding Kurt Vonnegut is a critical analysis of Vonnegut's novels. After dealing with his early work in science fiction in the 1950s - Player Piano and The Sirens of Titan - this study pays special attention to Vonnegut's major phase in the 1960s, which consists of four extremely diverse but fully realized novels: Mother's Night; Cat's Cradle; God Bless You, Mr Rosewater and Slaughterhouse-Five; the critical backlash that resulted after Vonnegut published Breakfast of Champions and Slapstick in the 1970s, two admittedly weak novels. In the 1980s, Vonnegut turned away from his characteristic mode of science fiction to what the study calls social/political realism. Jailbird, Deadeye Dick, Galapagos and Bluebeard are compelling works that prove Vonnegut is still a vital force in contemporary American literature.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0872497224
ISBN-13
9780872497221
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1561035
Product Key Features
Book Title
Understanding Kurt Vonnegut
Author
William R. Allen
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
American / General
Publication Year
1991
Genre
Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
203 Pages
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3572.O5z53 1990
Lccn
90-012831
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Series
Understanding Contemporary American Literature Ser.