02700nam 2200589 a 450 991046563110332120200520144314.01-84779-483-11-78170-089-31-84779-160-3(CKB)2560000000085727(EBL)1069510(OCoLC)818847202(SSID)ssj0000712784(PQKBManifestationID)12305435(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712784(PQKBWorkID)10645498(PQKB)11171811(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086879(MiAaPQ)EBC1069510(Au-PeEL)EBL1069510(CaPaEBR)ebr10623349(CaONFJC)MIL843780(EXLCZ)99256000000008572720080630d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIain Sinclair[electronic resource] /Brian BakerManchester ;New York Manchester University Press ;New York Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgravec20071 online resource (205 p.)Contemporary British novelistsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-6905-X 0-7190-6904-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-187) and index.Copyright; Contents; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: maps of the London Underground; 1 Space and time, myth and place; 2 Whitechapel autopsy: an East End apocalypse; 3 The widow; or, the critical baroque; 4 Internal exiles; 5 The visual text; 6 Driven to the margins; 7 Borderlands; References; IndexA clearly written, comprehensive critical introduction to one of the most original contemporary British writers, providing an overview of all of Sinclair's major works and an analysis of his vision of modern London. This book places Sinclair in a range of contexts, including: the late 1960's counter-culture and the 'British Poetry Revival'; London's underground histories; the rise and fall of Thatcherism, and Sinclair's writing about Britain under New Labour; Sinclair's connection to other writers and artists, such as J.G. Ballard, Michael Moorcock and Marc Atkins. This book makes a significant...Contemporary British novelists.London (England)In literatureElectronic books.828.91409Baker Brian1969-935633MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465631103321Iain Sinclair2268274UNINA