Sanity plea : schizophrenia in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut - Broer, Lawrence R. (Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 1994)
Introduction: Madness in a Modern Mode -- 1. Player Piano: A Looney Tune for the Masses -- 2. Sirens of Titan: Though This Be Madness, Yet There Is Method in It -- 3. Mother Night: Nations of Lunatics -- 4. Cat's Cradle: Jonah and the Whale -- 5. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: The Saga of Vonnegut's Sanest Lunatic -- 6. Slaughterhouse-Five: Pilgrim's Progress -- 7. Breakfast of Champions: Spiritual Crossroads -- 8. Slapstick: The Meaning of the Dizygotic Twins -- 9. Jailbird: The Madness of RAMJAC -- 10. Deadeye Dick: The Resolution of Vonnegut's Creative Schizophrenia -- 11. Galapagos: Oedipus at Galapagos -- 12. Bluebeard: Redemption and the Unwavering Light -- 13. Hartke's Hearing: Vonnegut's Heroes on Trial.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-229) and index.
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Keywords: Vonnegut, Kurt -- Knowledge -- Psychology; Vonnegut, Kurt -- Et la psychologie; Vonnegut, Kurt; Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism; Mental illness in literature; Schizophrenia in literature; Maladies mentales dans la littérature.; Schizophrénie dans la littérature.; LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General; Mental illness in literature; Psychological fiction, American; Psychology; Schizophrenia in literature; English fiction; United States; Criticism, interpretation, etc