Carnivalesque Inversion in the Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut

Author:   Emma Saggers
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
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Pages:   206
Publication Date:   12 December 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Emma Saggers
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.382kg
ISBN:  

9781433188213


ISBN 10:   143318821
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   12 December 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments - Introduction - Technology: Player Piano - Religion: Cat's Cradle - War: Slaughterhouse-Five - Extrapolation - Bibliography - Index.

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Emma Saggers' far-reaching application of Bakhtin's theories of the Carnivalesque to the fiction of Kurt Vonnegut is an astute realisation of the possibilities of both. Using the theory as an illuminating lens while keeping the fiction front and centre, Vonnegut's work is given the kind of sophisticated, incisive attention it deserves but does not always get. Now more than ever, we need the insights and deep humanity of Vonnegut, and Emma Saggers' study is an ideal critical accompaniment to reading and rereading this much-loved but still under-appreciated American writer. -Owen Robinson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Literature Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex, United Kingdom


“Emma Saggers’ far-reaching application of Bakhtin’s theories of the Carnivalesque to the fiction of Kurt Vonnegut is an astute realisation of the possibilities of both. Using the theory as an illuminating lens while keeping the fiction front and centre, Vonnegut’s work is given the kind of sophisticated, incisive attention it deserves but does not always get. Now more than ever, we need the insights and deep humanity of Vonnegut, and Emma Saggers’ study is an ideal critical accompaniment to reading and rereading this much-loved but still under-appreciated American writer.”—Owen Robinson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Literature Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex, United Kingdom


Author Information

Emma Saggers has a PhD from the University of Essex, United Kingdom and a Masters Degree from the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. She has taught English language and literature from high school through to university level. Originally from England, she now lives in Maryland with her family.

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