Kingsley Amis: In Life and Letters - Hardcover
This is a fascinating critical study of the life, work and milieu of one of Britain's best known and most popular novelists.
Starting with a biographical overview of the influences on the developing writer while at home, at school, at Oxford, and at war, Dale Salwak goes on to offer the general reader a lively interpretation of all of Amis's novels, from Lucky Jim (1954) through to The Folks That Live on the Hill (1990), set against the ever-changing backdrop of the twentieth century.
Dale Salwak makes extensive use of the major Amis archives, and draws on material from Amis's notebooks, letters, juvenilia and manuscripts, as well as upon his own discussions with Amis and many of his friends. Waving these sources with his own critical appraisal, Salwak plots each step in the development of Amis's imaginative vision throughout his writing career.
This illustrated study, which includes a selective chronology and a complete primary bibliography, will be read with pleasure by those who are interested in learning more about Kingsley Amis, modern novelist.
Starting with a biographical overview of the influences on the developing writer while at home, at school, at Oxford, and at war, Dale Salwak goes on to offer the general reader a lively interpretation of all of Amis's novels, from Lucky Jim (1954) through to The Folks That Live on the Hill (1990), set against the ever-changing backdrop of the twentieth century.
Dale Salwak makes extensive use of the major Amis archives, and draws on material from Amis's notebooks, letters, juvenilia and manuscripts, as well as upon his own discussions with Amis and many of his friends. Waving these sources with his own critical appraisal, Salwak plots each step in the development of Amis's imaginative vision throughout his writing career.
This illustrated study, which includes a selective chronology and a complete primary bibliography, will be read with pleasure by those who are interested in learning more about Kingsley Amis, modern novelist.
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About the Author:
Dale Salwak is Professor of English at Southern California's Citrus College and the leading bibliographer of works by and about Kingsley Amis.
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This is clearly the single indispensible guide to Amis's fiction, unlikely to be surpassed or superceded for many years to come....Salwak's study provides a concise, reliable, indispensible guidebook to Amis's oeuvre-an ideal Baedeker to Philistinia.>>> (World Literature Today)
...a splendidly spacious, relaxed yet shrewd study of Amis's work. Lucid and very informative, it is ideally suited to the general reader.>>>> (Barbara Everett World Literature Today)
Dale Salwak has skillfully and intelligently managed difficult terrain in his biographical treatment of Kingsley Amis....informed, well-focused and discerning...>>>> (Barbara Everett Mfs)
It's...a good sign that...some recent books about Amis have been appearing.>>>> (Barbara Everett The Hudson Review)
...by far the most thorough yet written.>>>> (Choice)
...by far the most thorough yet written. (Choice)
This is clearly the single indispensible guide to Amis's fiction, unlikely to be surpassed or superceded for many years to come....Salwak's study provides a concise, reliable, indispensible guidebook to Amis's oeuvre-an ideal Baedeker to Philistinia. (World Literature Today)
...a splendidly spacious, relaxed yet shrewd study of Amis's work. Lucid and very informative, it is ideally suited to the general reader. (Barbara Everett World Literature Today)
Dale Salwak has skillfully and intelligently managed difficult terrain in his biographical treatment of Kingsley Amis....informed, well-focused and discerning... (Barbara Everett Mfs)
It's...a good sign that...some recent books about Amis have been appearing. (Barbara Everett The Hudson Review)
...a splendidly spacious, relaxed yet shrewd study of Amis's work. Lucid and very informative, it is ideally suited to the general reader.>>>> (Barbara Everett World Literature Today)
Dale Salwak has skillfully and intelligently managed difficult terrain in his biographical treatment of Kingsley Amis....informed, well-focused and discerning...>>>> (Barbara Everett Mfs)
It's...a good sign that...some recent books about Amis have been appearing.>>>> (Barbara Everett The Hudson Review)
...by far the most thorough yet written.>>>> (Choice)
...by far the most thorough yet written. (Choice)
This is clearly the single indispensible guide to Amis's fiction, unlikely to be surpassed or superceded for many years to come....Salwak's study provides a concise, reliable, indispensible guidebook to Amis's oeuvre-an ideal Baedeker to Philistinia. (World Literature Today)
...a splendidly spacious, relaxed yet shrewd study of Amis's work. Lucid and very informative, it is ideally suited to the general reader. (Barbara Everett World Literature Today)
Dale Salwak has skillfully and intelligently managed difficult terrain in his biographical treatment of Kingsley Amis....informed, well-focused and discerning... (Barbara Everett Mfs)
It's...a good sign that...some recent books about Amis have been appearing. (Barbara Everett The Hudson Review)
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- PublisherSt. Martin's Press
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0312053657
- ISBN 13 9780312053659
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages203
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