New Critical Essays on Kurt Vonnegut - Paperback

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) 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 scepticism 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 cannon of literature.

• | Author: D. Simmons
• | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• | Publication Date: Dec 07, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 233 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0230120970
• | ISBN-13: 9780230120976