Comic material. Cat's cradle : the life and times of Ice-nine -- Breakfast of champions : rebirth suspended -- Environment and evolution. Mother night : a nation of two -- Galapagos : writing on air -- Space and time. The sirens of Titan : matter that complains so -- Slaughterhouse-five : "Poo-tee-weet?".
Summary:
"Posthumanism in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut: Matter That Complains So re-examines the prevailing critical consensus that Kurt Vonnegut was a humanist writer. While more difficult elements of his work have often been the subject of scholarly attention, the tendency amongst critics writing on Vonnegut is to disavow them, or to subsume them within a liberal humanist framework. When Vonnegut's work is read from a posthumanist perspective, however, the productive paradoxes of his work are more fully realised"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Routledge research in American literature and culture
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