Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel write by Robert T. Tally Jr.. This book was released on 2011-08-11. Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The novels of Kurt Vonnegut depict a profoundly absurd and distinctly postmodern world. But in this critical study, Robert Tally argues that Vonnegut himself is actually a modernist, who is less interested in indulging in the free play of signifiers than in attempting to construct a model that could encompass the American experience at the end of the twentieth century. As a modernist wrestling with a postmodern condition, Vonnegut makes use of diverse and sometimes eccentric narrative techniques (such as metafiction, collage, and temporal slippages) to project a comprehensive vision of life in the United States. Vonnegut's novels thus become experiments in making sense of the radical transformations of self and society during that curious, unstable period called, perhaps ironically, the 'American Century.' An untimely figure, Vonnegut develops a postmodern iconography of American civilization while simultaneously acknowledging the impossibility of a truly comprehensive representation.
Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel
Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel write by Robert T. Tally. This book was released on 2011-08-11. Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel
Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel write by Robert T. Tally Jr.. This book was released on 2011-08-11. Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The novels of Kurt Vonnegut depict a profoundly absurd and distinctly postmodern world. But in this critical study, Robert Tally argues that Vonnegut himself is actually a modernist, who is less interested in indulging in the free play of signifiers than in attempting to construct a model that could encompass the American experience at the end of the twentieth century. As a modernist wrestling with a postmodern condition, Vonnegut makes use of diverse and sometimes eccentric narrative techniques (such as metafiction, collage, and temporal slippages) to project a comprehensive vision of life in the United States. Vonnegut's novels thus become experiments in making sense of the radical transformations of self and society during that curious, unstable period called, perhaps ironically, the 'American Century.' An untimely figure, Vonnegut develops a postmodern iconography of American civilization while simultaneously acknowledging the impossibility of a truly comprehensive representation.
The Anti-Hero in the American Novel
The Anti-Hero in the American Novel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Anti-Hero in the American Novel write by D. Simmons. This book was released on 2008-05-26. The Anti-Hero in the American Novel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Anti-Hero in the American Novel rereads major texts of the 1960s to offer an innovative re-evaluation of a set of canonical novels that moves beyond entrenched post-modern and post-structural interpretations towards an appraisal which emphasizes the specifically humanist and idealist elements of these works.
The Writer's Crusade
The Writer's Crusade - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Writer's Crusade write by Tom Roston. This book was released on 2021-11-09. The Writer's Crusade available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The story of Kurt Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse-Five, an enduring masterpiece on trauma and memory Kurt Vonnegut was twenty years old when he enlisted in the United States Army. Less than two years later, he was captured by the Germans in the single deadliest US engagement of the war, the Battle of the Bulge. He was taken to a POW camp, then transferred to a work camp near Dresden, and held in a slaughterhouse called Schlachthof Fünf where he survived the horrific firebombing that killed thousands and destroyed the city. To the millions of fans of Vonnegut’s great novel Slaughterhouse-Five, these details are familiar. They’re told by the book’s author/narrator, and experienced by his enduring character Billy Pilgrim, a war veteran who “has come unstuck in time.” Writing during the tumultuous days of the Vietnam conflict, with the novel, Vonnegut had, after more than two decades of struggle, taken trauma and created a work of art, one that still resonates today. In The Writer’s Crusade, author Tom Roston examines the connection between Vonnegut’s life and Slaughterhouse-Five. Did Vonnegut suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? Did Billy Pilgrim? Roston probes Vonnegut’s work, his personal history, and discarded drafts of the novel, as well as original interviews with the writer’s family, friends, scholars, psychologists, and other novelists including Karl Marlantes, Kevin Powers, and Tim O’Brien. The Writer’s Crusade is a literary and biographical journey that asks fundamental questions about trauma, creativity, and the power of storytelling.
