Vonnegut and Hemingway: Writers at War

by Lawrence R. Broer

In this original comparative study of Kurt Vonnegut and Ernest Hemingway, Lawrence R. Broer maps the striking intersections of biography and artistry in works by both writers, and he compares the ways in which they blend life and art.

Broer views Hemingway as the "secret sharer" of Vonnegut's literary imagination and argues that the two writers--while traditionally considered as adversaries because of Vonnegut's rejection of Hemingway's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611170354
• ISBN13: 9781611170351
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"