Vonnegut's Dresden story : the cathartic struggle.

dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Maryen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-20T16:10:01Z
dc.date.available2014-06-20T16:10:01Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.descriptionAdviser: Larry Gentry.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation will reflect an analysis of a close reading of Kurt Vonnegut's first six novels: Player Piano (1952), The Sirens of Titan (1959), Mother Night (1961), Cat's Cradle (1963), God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1964), and Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) as a means of tracing specific and repeated themes, images, sounds, smells, patterns, colors, and events that relate to Vonnegut's experience as an American POW during World War II in Dresden, Germany. Vonnegut returned from war, planning to write a novel about what he had seen; it took him twenty-three years of struggle as a writer to accomplish the task.en_US
dc.description.abstractChapter one will establish the historical background of what happened in Dresden during Vonnegut's imprisonment. This is necessary, so that the Dresden images, when they appear in a novel, will be recognizable. Chapters two through seven will then trace these Dresden "markers" as they filter through Vonnegut's writing.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation will show that the specific writing techniques, themes, and characterizations needed for Vonnegut to voice his Dresden message were being honed in these first books, and that when they came to full bloom in 1969 with the publication of Slaughterhouse-Five, they resulted in a cathartic experience for Vonnegut, who felt a sense of accomplishment and release when he was finally able to deliver his Dresden message.en_US
dc.description.degreeD.A.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3842
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subject.lcshVonnegut, Kurten_US
dc.subject.lcshLiterature, Modernen_US
dc.subject.lcshLiterature, Comparativeen_US
dc.subject.lcshLiterature, Americanen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelDoctoralen_US
dc.titleVonnegut's Dresden story : the cathartic struggle.en_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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