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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub.,
2011.
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| Colección: | Continuum literary studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 185 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-181) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441130341 1441130349 1283274299 9781283274296 9781472542571 1472542576 9781472507006 1472507002 9781441124852 1441124853 |