The Vonnegut effect
By: Jerome Klinkowitz
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781611170078
Subjects: Postmodernism (Literature); Criticism and interpretation
Description: "A pioneer in Vonnegut studies and publishing in the field since 1969, Klinkowitz offers The Vonnegut Effect as a thorough treatment of the author's fiction - a canon covering more than a half century and comprising twenty books. Considering both Vonnegut's methods and the cultural needs they have served, Klinkowitz explains how those works came to be written and concludes with an assessment of the author's place in the tradition of American fiction"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Originally published in hardcover in 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-203) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction Vonnegut in America; title: Coming to Terms with Theme: Early Stories and Player Piano; title: Coming to Terms with Technique: The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, Cat's Cradle, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; title: Speaking Personally: Slaughterhouse-Five and the Essays; title: Speaking Famously: Happy Birthday, Wanda June; Breakfast of Champions; Slapstick; Jailbird; and Deadeye Dick; title: Speaking Cosmically: Gal̀pagos, Bluebeard, and Hocus Pocus; title: The Autobiography of a Novel: Timequake; title: Vonnegut in Fiction.