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Posthumanism in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut

Author : Andrew Hicks
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000092828
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Posthumanism in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut written by Andrew Hicks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-18 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Posthumanism in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut: Matter That Complains So re-examines the prevailing critical consensus that Kurt Vonnegut was a humanist writer. While more difficult elements of his work have often been the subject of scholarly attention, the tendency amongst critics writing on Vonnegut is to disavow them, or to subsume them within a liberal humanist framework. When Vonnegut’s work is read from a posthumanist perspective, however, the productive paradoxes of his work are more fully realised. Drawing on New Materialist, Eco-Critical and Systems Theory methodologies, this book highlights posthumanist themes in six of Vonnegut’s most famous novels, and emphasises the ways in which Vonnegut troubles human/non-human, natural/artificial, and material/discursive hierarchical binaries

Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel

Author : Robert T. Tally Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441124853
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel written by Robert T. Tally Jr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novels of Kurt Vonnegut depict a profoundly absurd and distinctly postmodern world. But in this critical study, Robert Tally argues that Vonnegut himself is actually a modernist, who is less interested in indulging in the free play of signifiers than in attempting to construct a model that could encompass the American experience at the end of the twentieth century. As a modernist wrestling with a postmodern condition, Vonnegut makes use of diverse and sometimes eccentric narrative techniques (such as metafiction, collage, and temporal slippages) to project a comprehensive vision of life in the United States. Vonnegut's novels thus become experiments in making sense of the radical transformations of self and society during that curious, unstable period called, perhaps ironically, the 'American Century.' An untimely figure, Vonnegut develops a postmodern iconography of American civilization while simultaneously acknowledging the impossibility of a truly comprehensive representation.

The Clown of Armageddon

Author : Peter Freese
Publisher : Universitatsverlag Winter
ISBN 13 : 9783825355517
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Clown of Armageddon written by Peter Freese and published by Universitatsverlag Winter. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique career of Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), America's first major writer to have begun his career in the paperback industry, spanned more than half a century and made him 'the representative post-World War II American writer' (Morse). Between 'Player Piano' (1952), his prophetic depiction of tyranny by computer in the form of a more conventional dystopian novel, and 'Timequake' (1997), his story of a book that refused to be written, in a previously unheard-of mixture of fiction and autobiography, Vonnegut published fourteen highly accomplished novels, at least one of which, his daringly innovative 'breakthrough novel' 'Slaughterhouse-Five' (1969), has become a widely admired modern classic. This study opens with an account of Vonnegut's development from a neglected hack writer to an international celebrity and a brief history of the controversial reception given to a novelist whose inimitable technique combines a willfully naïve style that appeals to less sophisticated readers and cutting-edge experiments that fascinate connoisseurs of metafictional experimentation. It then devotes a self-contained chapter to all of his fourteen novels, tracing their reception by critics and reviewers, explaining how each one is related to the others by recurring characters and settings as well as by the themes and motifs that haunt Vonnegut's fictional cosmos, and combining all textual aspects and the findings of previous Vonnegut scholarship into a close reading of each novel as an accomplished piece of literary art in its own right. Providing the most detailed reading of Kurt Vonnegut's novels yet published, this study confirms his status as one of the outstanding representatives of post-World War II American fiction.

Kurt Vonnegut

Author : Jerome Klinkowitz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000639207
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Kurt Vonnegut written by Jerome Klinkowitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on his experiences as a young man in the Great Depression and the Second World War, Kurt Vonnegut created a new style of fiction responsive to the post-war world and unique in its appeal to both popular audiences and avant-garde critics. His work was profoundly innovative and yet perfectly lucid. 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. His self-consciously moral posture led to readers throughout the world accepting him as their spokesman for humane values, a role which Klinkowitz considers within the context of his work.

Lucky Mud & Other Foma

Author : Christina Jarvis
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1644212269
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book Lucky Mud & Other Foma written by Christina Jarvis and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating deep dive into Kurt Vonnegut’s oeuvre and legacy, illuminating his unique perspective on environmental stewardship and our shared connections as humans, Earthlings, and stardust. Vonnegut’s major apocalyptic trio—Cat’s Cradle, Slapstick, and Galápagos—prompt broad global, national, and species-level thinking about environmental issues through dramatic and fantastic scenarios. This book, Lucky Mud and Other Foma, tells the story of the origins and legacy of what Kurt Vonnegut understood as “planetary citizenship” and explores key roots, influences, literary techniques, and artistic expressions of his interest in environmental activism through his writing. Vonnegut saw writing itself as an act of good citizenship, as a way of “poisoning” the minds of young people “with humanity . . . to encourage them to make a better world.” Often that literary activism meant addressing real social and environmental problems—polluted water, soil, and air; racial and economic injustice; isolating and dehumanizing technologies; and lives and landscapes desolated by war. Vonnegut’s remedies took many forms, from the redemptive power of the arts to artificial extended families to vital communities and engaged democracies. Reminding us of our shared connections as humans, as Earthlings, as stardust, Lucky Mud helps fans, scholars, and book lovers of all kinds experience how Vonnegut’s writings purposely challenge readers to think, create, and love.

Racism and Xenophobia in Early Twentieth-Century American Fiction

Author : Wisam Abughosh Chaleila
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100032818X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Racism and Xenophobia in Early Twentieth-Century American Fiction written by Wisam Abughosh Chaleila and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Melting Pot," "The Land of The Free," "The Land of Opportunity." These tropes or nicknames apparently reflect the freedom and open-armed welcome that the United States of America offers. However, the chronicles of history do not complement that image. These historical happenings have not often been brought into the focus of Modernist literary criticism, though their existence in the record is clear. This book aims to discuss these chronicles, displaying in great detail the underpinnings and subtle references of racism and xenophobia embedded so deeply in both fictional and real personas, whether they are characters, writers, legislators, or the common people. In the main chapters, literary works are dissected so as to underline the intolerance hidden behind words of righteousness and blind trust, as if such is the norm. Though history is taught, it is not so thoroughly examined. To our misfortune, we naively think that bigoted ideas are not a thing we could become afflicted with. They are antiques from the past – yet they possessed many hundreds of people and they surround us still. Since we’ve experienced very little change, it seems discipline is necessary to truly attempt to be rid of these ideas.

2br02b

Author : Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 1443435589
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book 2br02b written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the progress of science, human lifespans have been extended indefinitely, leading the government to enact strict rules to keep the earth’s population under control. So when Edward K. Wehling, Jr. finds out that he and his wife are expecting triplets, he has to find a way to meet the nearly impossible birth requirements for each of his three unborn children. “2 B R 0 2 B,” pronounced “to be or not to be,” is an intentional reference to the famous line in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The short story was originally published in the Worlds of IF Science Fiction magazine and is referenced by author Kurt Vonnegut in his later novel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

New Critical Essays on Kurt Vonnegut

Author : D. Simmons
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230100813
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book New Critical Essays on Kurt Vonnegut written by D. Simmons and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Sanity Plea

Author : Lawrence R. Broer
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817307524
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Sanity Plea written by Lawrence R. Broer and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1994-08-30 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revised edition of a volume originally published in 1989, Lawrence Broer extends his comprehensive critique of the body of writing by Kurt Vonnegut. Broer offers a broad psychoanalytic study of Vonnegut’s works from Player Piano to Hocus Pocus, taking a decisively new approach to the work of one of America’s most important, yet often misinterpreted writers. A compelling and original analysis, Sanity Plea, explores how Vonnegut incorporates his personal experiences into an art that is not defeatist, but rather creatively therapeutic and life-affirming.

Objects and Intertexts in Toni Morrison’s "Beloved"

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Author : Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000213676
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Objects and Intertexts in Toni Morrison’s "Beloved" written by Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objects and Intertexts in Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”: The Case for Reparations is an inspired contribution to the scholarship on one of the most influential American novels and novelists. The author positions this contemporary classic as a meditation on historical justice and re-comprehends it as both a formal tragedy— a generic translation of fiction and tragedy or a “novel-tragedy” (Kliger)—and a novel of objects. Its many things—literary, conceptual, linguistic— are viewed as vessels carrying the (hi)story and the political concerns. From this, a third conclusion is drawn: Fadem argues for a view of Beloved as a case for reparations. That status is founded on two outstanding object lessons: the character of Beloved as embodiment of the subject-object relations defining the slave state and the grammatical object “weather” in the sentence “The rest is...” on the novel’s final page. This intertextual reference places Beloved in a comparative link with Hamlet and Oresteia. Fadem’s research is meticulous in engaging the full spectrum of tragedy theory, much critical theory, and a full swathe of scholarship on the novel. Few critics take up the matter of reparations, still fewer the politics of genre, craft, and form. This scholar posits Morrison’s tragedy as constituting a searing critique of modernity, as composed through meaningful intertextualities and as crafted by profound “thingly” objects (Brown). Altogether, Fadem has divined a fascinating singular treatment of Beloved exploring the connections between form and craft together with critical historical and political implications. The book argues, finally, that this novel’s first concern is justice, and its chief aim to serve as a clarion call for material— and not merely symbolic—reparations.

Kurt Vonnegut's America

Author : Jerome Klinkowitz
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611171156
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Kurt Vonnegut's America written by Jerome Klinkowitz and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kurt Vonnegut's death in 2007 marked the passing of a major force in American life and letters. Jerome Klinkowitz, one of the earliest and most prolific authorities on Vonnegut, examines the long dialogue between the author and American culture—a conversation that produced fourteen novels and hundreds of short stories and essays. Kurt Vonnegut's America integrates discussion of the fiction, essays, and lectures with personal exchanges and biographical sketches to map the complex symbiotic relationship between Vonnegut's work and the cultural context from which it emerged—and which it in turn helped shape. Following an introduction characterizing Vonnegut as Klinkowitz came to know him over the course of their friendship, this study charts the impact of Vonnegut on American society and of that society on Vonnegut for more than a half-century to illustrate how each informed the other. Among his artistic peers, Vonnegut was uniquely gifted at anticipating and articulating the changing course of American culture. Kurt Vonnegut's America shows us that Vonnegut achieved greatness by passing his own test—opening the eyes of his audience to help them better understand their roles and possibilities in the common culture they both shared and crafted.

Kurt Vonnegut's Crusade; or, How a Postmodern Harlequin Preached a New Kind of Humanism

Author : Todd F. Davis
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791482138
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Kurt Vonnegut's Crusade; or, How a Postmodern Harlequin Preached a New Kind of Humanism written by Todd F. Davis and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the moral and philosophical underpinnings of Vonnegut’s work.

The Novels of Kurt Vonnegut

Author : Donald Morse
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Novels of Kurt Vonnegut written by Donald Morse and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2003-07-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first scholarly study to discuss all of Vonnegut's novels against the background of his other writing, events of the 20th century, and the vast array of Vonnegut scholarship. In his novels he speaks eloquently and succinctly for his generation of Americans--the central generation of 20th-century Americans--thus making him the representative 20th-century American writer. Morse discusses how Vennegut's novels reflect the major traumatic public and private events that have gone into imagining being an American during that century, including the Great Depression, World War II, the Bomb, Vietnam, the weakening of social institutions, the vicissitudes of marriage and family, divorce, growing old, experiencing loss, and anticipating death.

At Millennium's End

Author : Kevin Alexander Boon
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791490726
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book At Millennium's End written by Kevin Alexander Boon and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2001-03-22 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When I look back at my incredibly lucky career as a writer, it seems that there was never time to think. It was as though I were skiing down a steep and hazardous mountain slope. When I look back at the marks my skis made in the snow on the way down, I only now realize that I wrote again and again about people who behaved decently in an indecent society." — From the Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut At Millennium's End looks back over the body of Kurt Vonnegut's writing, examining the novels, essays, and short stories of one of the century's most beloved and widely read authors and social critics. It also looks forward, projecting Vonnegut's relevance to the next millennium. The essays, by noted Vonnegut scholars and personal friends, are each written from the perspective of someone familiar with Vonnegut's entire canon.

The Vonnegut Effect

Author : Jerome Klinkowitz
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611171148
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book The Vonnegut Effect written by Jerome Klinkowitz and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kurt Vonnegut is one of the few American writers since Mark Twain to have won and sustained a great popular acceptance while boldly introducing new themes and forms on the literary cutting edge. This is the "Vonnegut effect" that Jerome Klinkowitz finds unique among postmodernist authors. In this innovative study of the author's fiction, Klinkowitz examines the forces in American life that have made Vonnegut's works possible. Vonnegut shared with readers a world that includes the expansive timeline from the Great Depression, during which his family lost their economic support, through the countercultural revolt of the 1960s, during which his fiction first gained prominence. Vonnegut also explored the growth in recent decades of America's sway in art, which his fiction celebrates, and geopolitics, which his novels question. A pioneer in Vonnegut studies, Jerome Klinkowitz offers The Vonnegut Effect as a thorough treatment of the author's fiction—a canon covering more than a half century and comprising twenty books. Considering both Vonnegut's methods and the cultural needs they have served, Klinkowitz explains how those works came to be written and concludes with an assessment of the author's place in American fiction.

Forever Pursuing Genesis

Author : Leonard Mustazza
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Forever Pursuing Genesis written by Leonard Mustazza and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of this book, Forever Pursuing Genesis, derives from a statement that Vonnegut once made about the nature of the universe and humankind's place in it. This study applies that statement to the narrative themes that Vonnegut has treated in his career.

Kurt Vonnegut

Author : Donald E. Morse
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781557422200
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Kurt Vonnegut written by Donald E. Morse and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1992 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morse argues that Vonnegut deserves acclaim as a pre-eminent post-World War II American story-teller with a sharply critical, satiric vision, who against formidable odds retains his belief in the humanity of man and the sacredness of life. The Guide surveys a vast range of Vonnegut's published works, including all of his novels from Player Piano to Bluebeard. Complete with Chronology, Primary and Secondary Bibliographies, and Index.