Kurt Vonnegut

ISBN-13: 9780367346669 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 94 str.

Jerome Klinkowitz

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Jerome Klinkowitz