Schizophrenia and Satire in the Writings of Kurt Vonnegut

The connection between genius and madness is a well-known one in modern culture, almost to the point that it is considered a cliché. Such a label does not affect its accuracy in the case of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. His literature is world-famous, and Vonnegut has been awarded numerous awards. However, Vonnegut’s narrative style and the characters of his novels reflect the symptoms of serious mental illness, especially schizophrenia. While Vonnegut’s works can be …showed first 75 words of 2572 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2572 total…with Death, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., a Fourth-Generation German-American Now Living in Easy Circumstances on Cape Cod (and Smoking Too Much) Who, as an American Infantry Scout Hors de Combat, as a Prisoner of War, Witnessed the Fire-Bombing of Dresden, Germany, the Florence of the Elbe, a Long Time Ago, and Survived to Tell the Tale: This Is a Novel of the Planet Tralfamadore, Where the Flying Saucers Come From. United States: Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte, 1969.