Kurt Vonnegut (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)

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Although known primarily for his novels, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., also wrote for Broadway and television and published a children’s book and several books of essays.

Achievements

Critical acclaim eluded Vonnegut until Slaughterhouse- Five was published in 1969. An immediate best-seller, it earned for Vonnegut respect from critics who had previously dismissed him as a mediocre science-fiction writer. Vonnegut has been honored as the Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard University, as a member of the National Institute of Arts and...

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