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UNINA9910779190003321 |
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Klinkowitz Jerome |
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Titolo |
Kurt Vonnegut's America [[electronic resource] /] / Jerome Klinkowitz |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Columbia, S.C., : University of South Carolina Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-59306-7 |
9786613622891 |
1-61117-115-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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National characteristics, American, in literature |
United States In literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : Vonnegut released -- Vonnegut's 1950's : human structures -- Vonnegut's 1960's : apocalypse redone -- Vonnegut's 1970's : a public figure -- Vonnegut's 1980's : arts and crafts -- Vonnegut's 1990's : autobiography and the novel -- Conclusion : Vonnegut uncaged. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Following an introduction characterizing Vonnegut as Klinkowitz came to know him over the course of their friendship, this study charts the impact of Vonnegut on American society and of that society on Vonnegut for more than a half-century to illustrate how each informed the other. --from publisher description. |
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