Kurt Vonnegut

In this comprehensive introductory study, originally published in 1982, Jerome Klinkowitz traces Vonnegut's influences within the American middle class, his early efforts as a short-story writer for magazines in the 1960s and his startling and unprecedented success as a bestselling experimental novelist with Slaughterhouse-Five.

List of contents

General Editors’ Preface. Preface and Acknowledgements. A Note on the Texts. 1. Vonnegut and the New Novel 2. The Formula Novel: Player Piano, The Sirens of Titan and Mother Night 3. From Formula Toward Experiment: Cat’s Cradle and God Bless You, Mr Rosewater 4. The Personal Novels: Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, Slapstick and Jailbird 5. From Metaphor to Discourse. Notes. Bibliography.

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Jerome Klinkowitz

Summary

In this comprehensive introductory study, originally published in 1982, Jerome Klinkowitz traces Vonnegut’s influences within the American middle class, his early efforts as a short-story writer for magazines in the 1960s and his startling and unprecedented success as a bestselling experimental novelist with Slaughterhouse-Five.

Product details

• Authors: Jerome Klinkowitz, Klinkowitz Jerome
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780367346669
• ISBN: 978-0-367-34666-9
• No. of pages: 98
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Modern Fiction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, FICTION / War & Military, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000