LEADER 02700nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910465631103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84779-483-1 010 $a1-78170-089-3 010 $a1-84779-160-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085727 035 $a(EBL)1069510 035 $a(OCoLC)818847202 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712784 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12305435 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712784 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10645498 035 $a(PQKB)11171811 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086879 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069510 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069510 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623349 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843780 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085727 100 $a20080630d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIain Sinclair$b[electronic resource] /$fBrian Baker 210 $aManchester ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press ;$aNew York $cDistributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (205 p.) 225 0$aContemporary British novelists 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-6905-X 311 $a0-7190-6904-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [180]-187) and index. 327 $aCopyright; 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; Index 330 $aA clearly written, comprehensive critical introduction to one of the most original contemporary British writers, providing an overview of all of Sinclair's major works and an analysis of his vision of modern London. This book places Sinclair in a range of contexts, including: the late 1960's counter-culture and the 'British Poetry Revival'; London's underground histories; the rise and fall of Thatcherism, and Sinclair's writing about Britain under New Labour; Sinclair's connection to other writers and artists, such as J.G. Ballard, Michael Moorcock and Marc Atkins. This book makes a significant... 410 0$aContemporary British novelists. 607 $aLondon (England)$xIn literature 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a828.91409 700 $aBaker$b Brian$f1969-$0935633 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465631103321 996 $aIain Sinclair$92268274 997 $aUNINA