| Edition |
Pbk. ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 210 pages) |
| Note |
Originally published in hardcover in 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index. |
| Summary |
"A pioneer in Vonnegut studies and publishing in the field since 1969, 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 the tradition of American fiction"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Contents |
Introduction Vonnegut in America -- Coming to Terms with Theme: Early Stories and Player Piano -- Coming to Terms with Technique: The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, Cat's Cradle, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater -- Speaking Personally: Slaughterhouse-Five and the Essays -- Speaking Famously: Happy Birthday, Wanda June; Breakfast of Champions; Slapstick; Jailbird; and Deadeye Dick -- Speaking Cosmically: Gal̀pagos, Bluebeard, and Hocus Pocus -- The Autobiography of a Novel: Timequake -- Vonnegut in Fiction. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Vonnegut, Kurt -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Vonnegut, Kurt.
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Vonnegut, Kurt. (OCoLC)fst00036929
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Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Postmodernism (Literature) (OCoLC)fst01073181
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Klinkowitz, Jerome. Vonnegut effect. Pbk. ed. Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2010 1611170079 (OCoLC)704895436 |
| ISBN |
9781611171143 (electronic bk.) |
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1611171148 (electronic bk.) |
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