(Ebook) Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work by Susan Elizabeth Farrell ISBN 9780816065981, 0816065985

(Ebook) Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work by Susan Elizabeth Farrell ISBN 9780816065981, 0816065985

Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most popular and admired authors of post-war American literature—famous both for his playful and deceptively simple style as well as for his scathing critiques of social injustice and war.Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut provides a reliable, up-to-date, and encyclopedic source of information on Vonnegut's life and work for high school and college-level students, teachers, libraries, and the general public. This new book covers all his works, including his novels, such as the unforgettable Slaughterhouse-Five; his short stories, such as "Harrison Bergeron"; and his lectures and essays. Detailed entries on his life, related people, places, and topics are also included in this comprehensive guide.Entries include: A concise but thorough biography of VonnegutSynopses and critical assessments of all of Vonnegut's workDescriptions of Vonnegut's characters, including Kilgore Trout, Billy Pilgrim, and many moreDescriptions of people, places, and topics important to Vonnegut's life and work, including Dresden, science fiction, Joseph Heller, postmodernism, Mark Twain, and much moreAppendixes, including a chronology, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, a bibliography and discussion of the works of Kilgore Trout, and more.