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1 online resource (xv, 233 pages) |
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American literature readings in the 21st century |
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American literature readings in the 21st century.
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| Contents |
Flabbergasted / Todd Davis -- Kurt Vonnegut's Mother night (1961): Howard W. Campbell, Jr., and the banalities of evil / Philip Tew -- "No damn cat, and no damn cradle": the fundamental flaws in fundamentalism according to Vonnegut / Paul L. Thomas -- "God damn it, you've got to be kind": war and altruism in the works of Kurt Vonnegut / Rachel McCoppin -- The journey home in Kurt Vonnegut's World War II novels / Elizabeth Abele -- Art, domesticity, and Vonnegut's women / Susan E. Farrell -- Apocalypse in the optative mood: Galápagos, or, Starting over / Robert T. Tally, Jr. -- Folding time: history, subjectivity, and intimacy in Vonnegut / Lorna Jowett -- Resilience, time, and the ability of humor to salvage any situation / Jessica Lingel -- Duty dance with death: A farewell to arms and Slaughterhouse-Five / Lawrence R. Broer -- "Somewhere in there was springtime": Kurt Vonnegut, his apocalypses, and his post-9/11 heirs / Chris Glover -- Wampeters and foma? misreading religion in Cat's cradle and The book of Dave / Claire Allen |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Vonnegut, Kurt -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Vonnegut, Kurt fast |
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Vonnegut, Kurt. swd |
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Science fiction, American -- History and criticism
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Authors, American -- 20th century
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Literary studies: general -- USA.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Literature.
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Authors, American
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Science fiction, American
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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dissertations.
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Simmons, David, 1979-
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| ISBN |
9780230100817 |
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0230100813 |
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1282664573 |
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9781282664579 |
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9781349379804 |
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1349379808 |
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0230616275 |
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9780230616271 |
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