1st Edition

Posthumanism in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut Matter That Complains So

By Andrew Hicks Copyright 2020
250 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction

Section One: Comic Material

Chapter One: Cat’s Cradle: The Life and Times of Ice-nine

Chapter Two: Breakfast of Champions: Rebirth Suspended

Section Two: Environment and Evolution

Chapter Three: Mother Night: A Nation of Two

Chapter Four: Galapagos: Writing on Air

Section Three: Space and Time

Chapter Five: The Sirens of Titan: Matter That Complains So

Chapter Six: Slaughterhouse-Five: "Poo-tee-weet?"

Conclusion

Biography

Andrew John Hicks completed his undergraduate degree at Royal Holloway University of London, his MA at the University of Exeter, and his PhD at the University of Bristol, UK. His work focuses on American and Postmodern Literature and Posthumanist Critical Theory. He currently resides in Exeter, UK.