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Contributions to the Study of American Literature Ser.: Short Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut by Peter Reed (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-100313302359
ISBN-139780313302350
eBay Product ID (ePID)688239
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NameShort Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
SubjectScience Fiction & Fantasy, General, American / General, Short Stories
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorPeter Reed
SeriesContributions to the Study of American Literature Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight16.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-002236
Reviews"...in addition to providing excellent close readings explains how in solving problems of narrative voice these materials find their proper place in the author's canon." Rough Pages, "...in addition to providing excellent close readings explains how in solving problems of narrative voice these materials find their proper place in the author's canon."- Rough Pages
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume NumberVol. 1
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Volume Number1
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Table Of ContentPreface Chronology Placing the Short Fiction Apprenticeship: High School and College Journalism The Early Stories: Collier's The Prolific Years: 1953-1958 The Later Stories: 1960-1963 The Collections: Canary in A Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House The Novels: Stories, Mosaics and Jokes Other Voices: Kilgore Trout The Short Fiction and the Canon Appendix: Checklist of Vonnegut Contributions to the Shortridge Echo and the Cornell Sun by M. Andre Eckenrode Bibliography Index
SynopsisKurt Vonnegut's career as a novelist encompasses virtually the whole second half of the twentieth century, and his novels are among the most widely read in America. Yet Vonnegut enjoyed another successful career as a short story writer. His short fiction brought him much acclaim in the early years of his writing career and made him visible to a very large audience. His stories were illustrated by some of the best artists in the business and were featured prominently in leading magazines such as Collier's^ the Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan , and Argosy . Commentary on Vonnegut has generally separated his career as a novelist from his career as a short story writer. This volume provides a detailed analysis of Vonnegut's short fiction and shows that his short stories are an integral part of his overall canon. The short stories do not simply precede Vonnegut's novels. There is an extensive overlap of the publication of his novels and his shorter works. In writing short fiction, Vonnegut learned and practiced many of the skills and techniques that he employs in his novels. This volume begins by examining the relationship of the short fiction to the larger body of Vonnegut's writings. It then examines Vonnegut's earliest training as a writer, during his high school years and as a college journalist. The chapters that follow are then devoted to later periods in his life, the development of his short stories, and the recurrence of their techniques and content in Vonnegut's novels. The study concludes with a reassessment of the importance of the short story to Vonnegut's canon., Kurt Vonnegut's career as a novelist encompasses virtually the whole second half of the twentieth century, and his novels are among the most widely read in America. Yet Vonnegut enjoyed another successful career as a short story writer. His short fiction brought him much acclaim in the early years of his writing career and made him visible to a very large audience. His stories were illustrated by some of the best artists in the business and were featured prominently in leading magazines such as Collier's the Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan , and Argosy . Commentary on Vonnegut has generally separated his career as a novelist from his career as a short story writer. This volume provides a detailed analysis of Vonnegut's short fiction and shows that his short stories are an integral part of his overall canon. The short stories do not simply precede Vonnegut's novels. There is an extensive overlap of the publication of his novels and his shorter works. In writing short fiction, Vonnegut learned and practiced many of the skills and techniques that he employs in his novels. This volume begins by examining the relationship of the short fiction to the larger body of Vonnegut's writings. It then examines Vonnegut's earliest training as a writer, during his high school years and as a college journalist. The chapters that follow are then devoted to later periods in his life, the development of his short stories, and the recurrence of their techniques and content in Vonnegut's novels. The study concludes with a reassessment of the importance of the short story to Vonnegut's canon.
LC Classification NumberPS3572
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