Father and son : Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British novel since 1950 / / Gavin Keulks
| Father and son : Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British novel since 1950 / / Gavin Keulks |
| Autore | Keulks Gavin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823/.91409 |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Fathers and sons - Great Britain |
| ISBN |
9786612269387
9781282269385 1282269380 9780299192136 029919213X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Amises, Tradition, and Influence: Genealogical Dissent -- Brief Anecdotal History: The Mid-1980s and Mid-1990s -- Tradition, Influence, and Anxiety -- Realism and Revaluation -- PART 1. CRITICAL CARTOGRAPHY: CHARTING THE ARTISTIC ALLEGIANCES -- 1. The Amises on American Literature: Nabokov, Bellow, Roth -- Vladimir Nabokov: Style as Morality -- Saul Bellow: Prophetic Realism -- Philip Roth: Egocentric Narration -- 2. The Amises on English Literature: Austen, Waugh, Larkin -- Jane Austen: Mannered Morality -- Evelyn Waugh: Decline and Fall -- Philip Larkin: The Comedy of Candor -- PART 2. INFLUENCE AND INTERSECTION: THE INTERPLAY OF INDIVIDUAL WORKS -- 3. The Amises on Comedy: Lucky Jim and The Rachel Papers -- Lucky Jim: Cultural and Generational Conflict -- The Rachel Papers: Revaluative Inversion and Critique -- "The Two Amises" -- 4. The Amises on Satire: Ending Up and Dead Babies -- Henry Fielding and Horatian Satire -- Mikhail Bakhtin and Menippean Satire -- Characterization and Closure -- 5. The Amises on Realism and Postmodernism: Stanley and the Women and Money: A Suicide Note -- Chauvinism, Feminism, and Misogyny -- The Autobiographical Abyss: Jake's Thing and Stanley and the Women -- Revaluative Feminism? Money, Misogyny, and Doubling -- The Amises, Realism, and Postmodernism -- Revaluative Realism: Money and Metamimesis -- 6. The Amises on Love, Death, and Children: The Letters of Kingsley Amis and Experience: A Memoir -- Higher Autobiography: Experience, Midlife Crisis, and the Unconscious -- Personal Realignment: Hilly Redux -- Professional Realignment: The Old Devils -- Personal Realignment: Experience -- Conclusion: Projecting a Future: The Amises, Genealogical Dissent, and the British Novel since 1950 -- Whither the Novel? Realism, Postmodernism, and Beyond.
After Kingsley: Martin Amis and the Event Horizons of Fiction -- Professional Realignment? Love, Children, and Night Train -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British novel since 1950 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910960564903321 |
Keulks Gavin
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| Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Father and Son : Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British Novel since 1950 [[electronic resource]]
| Father and Son : Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British Novel since 1950 [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Keulks Gavin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, WI, USA, : University of Wisconsin Press, 20080301 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823/.91409 |
| Soggetto topico |
LITERARY CRITICISM
General English fiction - History and criticism - 20th century - Great Britain Fathers and sons English English Literature Languages & Literatures |
| ISBN |
1-282-26938-0
9786612269387 0-299-19213-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452308503321 |
Keulks Gavin
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| Madison, WI, USA, : University of Wisconsin Press, 20080301 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Father and Son : Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British Novel since 1950 [[electronic resource]]
| Father and Son : Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British Novel since 1950 [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Keulks Gavin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, WI, USA, : University of Wisconsin Press, 20080301 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823/.91409 |
| Soggetto topico |
LITERARY CRITICISM
General English fiction - History and criticism - 20th century - Great Britain Fathers and sons English English Literature Languages & Literatures |
| ISBN |
1-282-26938-0
9786612269387 0-299-19213-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781819903321 |
Keulks Gavin
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| Madison, WI, USA, : University of Wisconsin Press, 20080301 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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