The Novels of Kurt Vonnegut: Imagining Being an American

by Donald E. Morse

Vonnegut belongs to what Emerson called the party of hope but hope clearly restricted to this world. 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313319146
• ISBN13: 9780313319143
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"