J. G. Ballard: Visions and Revisions
J. . Ed(S): Baxter
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Description for J. G. Ballard: Visions and Revisions
Paperback. This is an up-to-date reader of critical essays on J. G. Ballard by leading international academics, which includes a short biography, timeline and comprehensive guided further reading. Editor(s): Baxter, J. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Providing an extensive reassessment of dominant and recurring themes in Ballard's writing, including historical violence, pornography, post 9/11 politics, and urban space, this book also engages with Ballard's 'late' modernism; his experimentation with style and form; and his sustained interests in psychology and psychopathology.
Providing an extensive reassessment of dominant and recurring themes in Ballard's writing, including historical violence, pornography, post 9/11 politics, and urban space, this book also engages with Ballard's 'late' modernism; his experimentation with style and form; and his sustained interests in psychology and psychopathology.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349325955
SKU
V9781349325955
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About J. . Ed(S): Baxter
ALISTAIR CORMACK Head of English, Gresham's, Norfolk, UK SEBASTIAN GROES Lecturer in English Literature, Roehampton University, UK JEN HUI BON HOA Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature, Harvard University, USA JACOB HUNTLEY Tutor in Literature and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, UK DAVID JAMES Lecturer in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature, University of Nottingham, UK ROGER LUCKHURST Professor of ... Read more
Reviews for J. G. Ballard: Visions and Revisions
'This volume makes a brilliant contribution to our understanding of the sheer range, originality and uniqueness of Ballard's talents. In doing so, it also opens up a fascinating range of hitherto underexplored intellectual and cultural contexts of the period 1960 to the present. This is a collection of the highest distinction.' - Professor Patricia Waugh, Department of English Studies, University ... Read more