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Update to my Kurt Vonnegut page
Today I’ve updated my Kurt Vonnegut page, which now has on one page my whole dissertation on him from 1994. I’ve also added downloads of the essay in PDF and ePub format, which meant I could download it to my … Continue reading
Kurt Vonnegut reads Breakfast of Champions
92Y Podcast: Kurt Vonnegut Reads Breakfast of Champions – 92Y Blog – 92nd Street Y – New York, NY I’ve been going through some old links I’ve been meaning to read, and found this. It’s an MP3 of Kurt Vonnegut’s … Continue reading
Chapter 3
Stories are Gadgets Stories are gadgets, and they can be fixed so they really can run (Vonnegut, Cheltenham Lecture, 1993) Kurt Vonnegut is a mechanic who has his own unique way of tinkering with his stories . He has found … Continue reading
Chapter 2
Heroes, Anti-heroes and Non-heroes Characterization in Vonnegut’s Novels The protagonist is the central character in a novel, around whom its plot concentrates. There are different types of protagonist, as described above. There is the heroic protagonist, whose activities throughout a … Continue reading
Chapter 1
America through the eyes of Kurt Vonnegut The America in which Kurt Vonnegut finds himself is a country of broken promises. His great grandfather, like millions of other people, emigrated to America to escape poverty, encouraged by the hope of … Continue reading
Kurt Vonnegut – A Critical Study – Preface
The novels of Kurt Vonnegut have attracted critical attention in recent years, but little in the way of in depth study. His novels are often noted as examples of post – modernism and metafiction, but in the main are just … Continue reading