Bibliograph

Breaking down Vonnegut, Julia A. Whitehead

Type

Label

Breaking down Vonnegut, Julia A. Whitehead

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Breaking down Vonnegut

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1290243968

Responsibility statement

Julia A. Whitehead

Summary

"The goal of Breaking Down Vonnegut is to clarify some essential facts about Kurt Vonnegut's life and to address the themes underlying his imaginary worlds. Those themes, often cloaked in science fiction, historical parallels, and social science conundrums, address the major questions of life: the values by which we choose to live. Breaking Down Vonnegut will feature an overview of Vonnegut's life and a dive of Vonnegut and the war. The book will showcase the multiple genres in Vonnegut's world; a brief thematic tour through Vonnegut's short fiction; exposition of the underlying structure that repeats in every Vonnegut novel; a look into Vonnegut's life after Slaughterhouse Five; and reading Kurt Vonnegut today"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

There was always some to talk with, to play with, to learn from -- I look sort of starved -- Player Piano and a trustworthy prophet or sharp-eyed satirist -- "Harrison Bergeron": a twist on David and Goliath for the civil rights era -- Slaughterhouse-Five and a new kind of patriot -- The true measure of a man -- Why study Vonnegut?

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