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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | | Birth Date: |
November 11, 1922 | | Place of Birth: |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer, essayist, dramatist |
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 Biography of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
1363 words, approx. 4.5 pages
 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (born 1922) is acknowledged as a major voice in American literature and applauded for his pungent satirical depictions of modern society. Emphasizing the comic absurdity of the human condition, he frequently depicts characters who sear... summary from source:
 Biography of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
16774 words, approx. 55.9 pages
 [This entry was updated by Peter J. Reed (University of Minnesota) from his entry in DLB 152: American Novelists Since World War II, Fourth Series.] Though Kurt Vonnegut had been a widely read short-story writer throughout the 1950s and though his novels... summary from source:
Biography of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
14474 words, approx. 48.2 pages
As of 1987 Kurt Vonnegut's work includes twelve novels, a play and a television play, two collections of short stories, two collections of essays, and a miscellany of uncollected shorter pieces of fiction and nonfiction. He is himself the subject of a nu...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Cat's Cradle Information
1,893 words, approx. 6 pages
<i>Cat's Cradle</i> is a 1963 science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. It explores issues of science, technology and religion, satirizing the arms race and many other targets along the way. After turning down his original thesis, the University of...
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 AP News Vonnegut speech instead becoming tribute
4/12/2007: 311 words, approx. 1 pagesKurt Vonnegut's hometown has been celebrating his literary works in a "Year of Vonnegut" and will honor the late author this month at a sold-out event where he had been scheduled to speak.Fans who were eagerly awaiting his lecture on April 27 are crestfallen at... summary from source:
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2/15/2006: 309 words, approx. 1 pagesGhostface will start his headlining trek in support of his upcoming album, Fishscale, on March 5 in Pittsburgh, hitting cities like Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta and Boston, before calling it a wrap on April 20 in New Haven, Connecticut. The rapper and the reunited...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Jean E. Kennard
3,263 words, approx. 11 pages
[Almost] all the commentators on Vonnegut betray a certain uneasiness in talking about him as a satirist; he does not quite fit the mold. (p. 101) Vonnegut's basic world view is Post-existential. He [rejects] all ethical absolutes. Vonnegut stresses the futility of man's search for meaning in a world where everything is "a nightmare of meaninglessness without end," where we are all the victims of a series of accidents, "trapped in the amber of this moment…. Because ... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Terry Southern
150 words, approx. 1 pages
The narrator of "Cat's Cradle" purports to be engaged in compiling a responsibly factual account of what certain interested Americans were doing at the precise moment the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Through correspondence with the three children of the late Felix Hoenikker, Nobel Prize winner and so-called "father of the atomic bomb," he evolves a portrait of the man in relation to his family and the community…. "Cat's Cradle" is an ir... Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 86%Title Significance in Cat's Cradle
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Discusses Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Cat's Cradle. Examines the significance of the novel's title. Explores the central theme of human misconceptions and stupidity.
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