Understanding Martin Amis / James Diedrick.
Understanding Martin Amis / James Diedrick.
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Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2004.
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N823.914/831
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Understand Martin Amis -- Ch. 2. Nasty Things Are Funny: The Rachel Papers; Dead Babies; Success -- Ch. 3. Entering the "Martian School": Other People: A Mystery Story -- Ch. 4. I Am All You Never Had of Goods and Sex: Money: A Suicide Note -- Ch. 5. Apocalypse Now: Einstein's Monsters; Londo...
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Publisher
Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2004.
Edition
2nd ed.
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South Carolina
Date Published
c2004.
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"Diedrick also analyzes an increasing cultural conservatism in Amis's work, rooted in Amis's relationship with his father, the novelist Kingsley Amis. During the first two decades of his career, the younger Amis consistently opposed his father's political and aesthetic conservatism. But his opposition has given way in recent years to frequent expre...
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Understanding Martin Amis / James Diedrick.
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Understanding contemporary British literature.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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N823.914/831
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74VK2rrDbRxZ
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1570035164 (pbk.) :
9781570035166 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1570035164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781570035166 (pbk) :
1570035164 (pbk) :
9781570035166 (pbk.) :
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823.914
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991018058119702626
