Sanity Plea : Schizophrenia in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut (Revised).

In this revised edition of a volume originally published in 1989, Lawrence Broer extends his comprehensive critique of the body of writing by Kurt Vonnegut. Broer offers a broad psychoanalytic study of Vonnegut's works from Player Piano to Hocus Pocus, taking a decisively new approach to the wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Broer, Lawrence R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1994.
Temas:
Vonnegut, Kurt > Knowledge > Psychology.
Vonnegut, Kurt
Schizophrenia in literature.
Mental illness in literature.
Psychological fiction, American > History and criticism.
Schizophrénie dans la littérature.
Maladies mentales dans la littérature.
Mental illness in literature
Psychological fiction, American
Psychology
Schizophrenia in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Madness in a Modern Mode; Part I: The Struggle; 1. Player Piano: A Looney Tune for the Masses; 2. Sirens of Titan: Though This Be Madness, Yet There Is Method in It; 3. Mother Night: Nations of Lunatics; 4. Cat's Cradle: Jonah and the Whale; 5. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: The Saga of Vonnegut's Sanest Lunatic; 6. Slaughterhouse-Five: Pilgrim's Progress; 7. Breakfast of Champions: Spiritual Crossroads; Part II: Resolution: The Second Fifty Years; 8. Slapstick: The Meaning of the Dizygotic Twins; 9. Jailbird: The Madness of RAMJAC.
  • 10. Deadeye Dick: The Resolution of Vonnegut's Creative Schizophrenia11. Galpagos: Oedipus at Galpagos; 12. Bluebeard: Redemption and the Unwavering Light; 13. Hartke's Hearing: Vonnegut's Heroes on Trial; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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