Kurt Vonnegut and the American novel : a postmodern iconography /
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...
| Основен автор: | Tally, Robert T., Jr. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
Continuum International Pub.,
2011.
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| Серия: |
Continuum literary studies.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=388970 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel : A Postmodern Iconography. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxi, 185 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-181) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781441130341 1441130349 1283274299 9781283274296 |