vonnegut, kurt

Provides study tools on Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-five," including background on the bombing of Dresden, character analyses, a chronology of the novel's events, chapter summaries and commentaries, and critical essays.

The author looks at personal and cultural events and issues of the 1980s.

Presents critical essays on Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

Presents critical essays on Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

Contains seventeen essays that examine how Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Slaughterhouse-Five" explores the theme of war while reflecting society's attitudes toward military conflicts.

Takes the reader back one million years to 1986 A.D. A simple vacation cruise becomes an evolutionary journey, courtesy of an apocalypse. A small group of survivors stranded on the Galapagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave new world.