@inbook{0205b3459af8409280303164877156d3,
title = "Folding time: history, subjectivity, and intimacy in Vonnegut",
abstract = "Kurt Vonnegut's darkly comic work became a symbol for the counterculture of a generation. From his debut novel, Player Piano (1951) through seminal 1960's novels such as Cat's Cradle (1963) and Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) up to the recent success of A Man Without A Country (2005), Vonnegut's writing has remained commercially popular, offering a satirical yet optimistic outlook on modern life. Though many fellow writers admired Vonnegut - Gore Vidal famously suggesting that {"}Kurt was never dull{"} - the academic establishment has tended to retain a degree of scepticism concerning the validity of his work. This dynamic collection aims to re-evaluate Vonnegut's position as an integral part of the American post-war cannon of literature. ",
author = "Lorna Jowett and David Simmons",
year = "2009",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780230616271",
series = "American literature readings in the twenty-first century",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.",
pages = "133--146",
booktitle = "New Critical Essays on Kurt Vonnegut",
address = "United Kingdom",
}