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 |
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Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel : A Postmodern Iconography. |
Съдържание:
- Chapter 1. A Postmodern Iconography
- Chapter 2. Misanthropic Humanism: Player Piano and The Sirens of Titan
- Chapter 3. Anxiety and the Jargon of Authenticity: Mother Night
- Chapter 4. The Dialectic of American Enlightenment: Cat's Cradle and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
- Chapter 5. Eternal Returns, or, Tralfamadorian Ethics: Slaughterhouse-Five
- Chapter 6. Anti-Oedipus of the Heartland: Breakfast of Champions
- Chapter 7. Imaginary Communities, or, the Ends of the Political: Slapstick and Jailbird
- Chapter 8. Abstract Idealism: Deadeye Dick and Bluebeard
- Chapter 9. Apocalypse in the Optative Mood: Galapagos
- Chapter 10. Twilight of the Icons: Hocus Pocus and Timequake.