Father and Son by Gavin Keulks
This work is a study of two of England's most popular, controversial, and influential writers. It examines the relationship between Kingsley Amis and his son, Martin Amis. Through intertextual readings of their essays and novels, it covers how their work negotiated the boundaries of their personal relationship while claiming territory in the literary debate between mimesis and modern aesthetics. It argues that the Amises' relationship functioned as a source of literary inspiration and that their work illuminates many of the structural and stylistic shifts that have characterized the British novel since 1950.
Father and Son will be important to specialists in the field as well as to students of the twentieth-century novel generallyIt provides the only extended treatment of a unique literary genealogy."—James Diedrick, Albion College "Keulks’ book is holding and absorbing, filled with excellently shrewd and steady analysis of selected novels, essays and interviews set in the context of the status and future of the realistic novel, the transition from modernism to postmodernism, and the existential condition of post-World War II life."—Dale Salwak, Citrus College
Gavin Keulks is professor of English at Western Oregon University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780299192105 |
| ISBN 10 | 0299192105 |
| Title | Father and Son |
| Author | Gavin Keulks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Year published | 2003-11-03 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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