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The Vonnegut Encyclopedia

The Vonnegut Encyclopedia

Author: Marc Leeds

Publisher: Delacorte Press

ISBN: 9780804179928

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 784

View: 928

Now expanded and updated, this authorized compendium to Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, stories, essays, and plays is the most comprehensive and definitive edition to date. Over the course of five decades, Kurt Vonnegut created a complex and interconnected web of characters, settings, and concepts. The Vonnegut Encyclopedia is an exhaustive guide to this beloved author’s world, organized in a handy A-to-Z format. The first edition of this book covered Vonnegut’s work through 1991. This new and updated edition encompasses his writing through his death in 2007. Marc Leeds, co-founder and founding president of the Kurt Vonnegut Society and a longtime personal friend of the author’s, has devoted more than twenty-five years of his life to cataloging the Vonnegut cosmos—from the birthplace of Kilgore Trout (Vonnegut’s sci-fi writing alter ego) to the municipal landmarks of Midland City (the midwestern metropolis that is the setting for Vonnegut’s 1973 masterpiece Breakfast of Champions). The Vonnegut Encyclopedia identifies every major and minor Vonnegut character from Celia Aamons to Zog, as well as recurring images and relevant themes from all of Vonnegut’s works, including lesser-known gems like his revisionist libretto for Stravinsky’s opera L’Histoire du soldat and his 1980 children’s book Sun Moon Star. Leeds provides expert notes explaining the significance of many items, but relies primarily on extended quotations from Vonnegut himself. A work of impressive scholarship in an eminently browsable package, this encyclopedia reveals countless connections readers may never have thought of on their own. A rarity among authors of serious fiction, Kurt Vonnegut has always inspired something like obsession in his most dedicated fans. The Vonnegut Encyclopedia is an invaluable resource for readers wishing to revisit his fictional universe—and those about to explore it for the first time. Praise for The Vonnegut Encyclopedia “An essential collection for fans of the singular satirist.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Indispensable.”—Publishers Weekly “If you’re somebody who has read one Kurt Vonnegut book then there’s a chance you’ve read them all. For the devout reader of Vonnegut there’s a voracious sense of completism. And, Marc Leeds and his new [The Vonnegut] Encyclopedia are here to guide you through it all. Just don’t blame him if you become unstuck in time while you’re reading.”—Inverse “Vonnegut enthusiasts will be delighted with Leeds’s exhaustive, almost obsessive, treatment of the characters, places, events, and tantalizingly mysterious references for which Vonnegut’s five-decade writing career is celebrated. . . . A wonderful and beautifully designed reference source.”—Booklist (starred review) “Leeds’s scholarship and genuine love for his subject matter render this encyclopedia a treasure trove for Vonnegut readers.”—The Nameless Zine
The Vonnegut Encyclopedia
Language: en
Pages: 784

The Vonnegut Encyclopedia

Authors: Marc Leeds
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-25 - Publisher: Delacorte Press

Now expanded and updated, this authorized compendium to Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, stories, essays, and plays is the most comprehensive and definitive edition to date. Over the course of five decades, Kurt Vonnegut created a complex and interconnected web of characters, settings, and concepts. The Vonnegut Encyclopedia is an exhaustive guide
The Vonnegut Effect
Language: en
Pages: 232

The Vonnegut Effect

Authors: Jerome Klinkowitz
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-05 - Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

Kurt Vonnegut is one of the few American writers since Mark Twain to have won and sustained a great popular acceptance while boldly introducing new themes and forms on the literary cutting edge. This is the "Vonnegut effect" that Jerome Klinkowitz finds unique among postmodernist authors. In this innovative study
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
Language: en
Pages: 2280

The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature

Authors: Jay Parini
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Alphabetically arranged entries include discussions of individual authors, literary movements, institutions, notable texts, literary developments, themes, ethnic literatures, and "topic" essays.
Encyclopedia of Literature and Science
Language: en
Pages: 575

Encyclopedia of Literature and Science

Authors: Albert Gossin, Pamela Gossin, Paul Harris, Stephen D. Bernstein, Shelly Jarrett Bromberg, David Cassuto
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

This reference defines the rapidly emerging interdisciplinary field of literature and science. An introductory essay traces the history of the field, its growing reputation, and the current state of research. Broad in scope, the volume covers world literature from its beginnings to the present day and illuminates the role of
Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut
Language: en
Pages: 545

Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut

Authors: Susan Farrell
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-01 - Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Examines the life and works of Kurt Vonnegut including detailed synopses of a variety of his works, character descriptions, important places Vonnegut lived and wrote about, biographies of family, friends, and contemporaries, and more.

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