New Critical Essays on Kurt Vonnegut

by David Simmons

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230120970
• ISBN13: 9780230120976
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"