Understanding Kurt Vonnegut

by William Rodney Allen

Book Overview

A critical companion to Vonnegut's early novels

Understanding Kurt Vonnegut is a critical analysis of Vonnegut's fiction as a point of entrance for students and general readers alike. In close readings of Vonnegut's novels, William Rodney Allen examines the distinctive stylistic, thematic, and formally innovative elements that earned Vonnegut (1922-2007) a mass following, especially among young readers, as well as critical respect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570038864
• ISBN13: 9781570038860
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"