The title, Kurt Vonneguts Slaughterhouse Five, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Kurt Vonneguts Slaughterhouse Five through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Kurt Vonnegut, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.