Hicks, Andrew John,
Posthumanism in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut : matter that complains so / Andrew John Hicks. - 1 online resource. - Routledge research in American literature and culture .
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 is read from a posthumanist perspective, however, the productive paradoxes of his work are more fully realised. Drawing on New Materialist, Eco-Critical and Systems Theory methodologies, this book highlights posthumanist themes in six of Vonnegut's most famous novels, and emphasises the ways in which Vonnegut troubles human/non-human, natural/artificial, and material/discursive hierarchical binaries
9781000092745 1000092747 9780367521646 0367521644 9781000092783 100009278X 9781000092820 1000092828
Vonnegut, Kurt--Criticism and interpretation.
Humanism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism
PS3572.O5 / H53 2020
813/.54
Posthumanism in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut : matter that complains so / Andrew John Hicks. - 1 online resource. - Routledge research in American literature and culture .
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 is read from a posthumanist perspective, however, the productive paradoxes of his work are more fully realised. Drawing on New Materialist, Eco-Critical and Systems Theory methodologies, this book highlights posthumanist themes in six of Vonnegut's most famous novels, and emphasises the ways in which Vonnegut troubles human/non-human, natural/artificial, and material/discursive hierarchical binaries
9781000092745 1000092747 9780367521646 0367521644 9781000092783 100009278X 9781000092820 1000092828
Vonnegut, Kurt--Criticism and interpretation.
Humanism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism
PS3572.O5 / H53 2020
813/.54