Sanity Plea
Schizophrenia in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
| Author: | Lawrence R. Broer | ISBN: | 9780817383572 |
| Publisher: | University of Alabama Press | Publication: | March 20, 2010 |
| Imprint: | University Alabama Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lawrence R. Broer |
| ISBN: | 9780817383572 |
| Publisher: | University of Alabama Press |
| Publication: | March 20, 2010 |
| Imprint: | University Alabama Press |
| Language: | English |
In this revised edition of a volume originally published in 1989, Lawrence Broer extends his comprehensive critique of the body of writing by Kurt Vonnegut. Broer offers a broad psychoanalytic study of Vonnegut’s works from Player Piano to Hocus Pocus, taking a decisively new approach to the work of one of America’s most important, yet often misinterpreted writers. A compelling and original analysis, Sanity Plea, explores how Vonnegut incorporates his personal experiences into an art that is not defeatist, but rather creatively therapeutic and life-affirming.
In this revised edition of a volume originally published in 1989, Lawrence Broer extends his comprehensive critique of the body of writing by Kurt Vonnegut. Broer offers a broad psychoanalytic study of Vonnegut’s works from Player Piano to Hocus Pocus, taking a decisively new approach to the work of one of America’s most important, yet often misinterpreted writers. A compelling and original analysis, Sanity Plea, explores how Vonnegut incorporates his personal experiences into an art that is not defeatist, but rather creatively therapeutic and life-affirming.
