Martin Amis

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Booker-shortlisted for 'Time's Arrow' and widely known for his novels, short stories, essays, reviews, and autobiographical works, Martin Amis is one of the most influential of contemporary British writers. This text is a guide to Amis's diverse and often controversial work.

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Title Statements

Full title :Martin Amis / Brian Finney.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 178 pages ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415402910, 0415402913, 9780415402927, 0415402921
oclc:ocn166360279
LC Classification:PR6051.M5
Dewey Decimal:823/.914

I. Life and contexts -- The early years, 1949-73 -- Emerging from his father's shadow, 1974-84 -- The years of ascendancy, 1985-95 -- Responding to a changed world, 1995-2007 -- 2. Works -- Novels -- Collections of short stories -- Autobiographical works -- Essay collections -- 3. Criticism -- Intertextuality -- Contemporary reception of Amis's work -- Major thematic concerns -- Subjectivity and Amis's characters -- Amis and postmodernism -- Author, reader, narrator, and narration -- Genre -- Gendered readings -- Linguistic inventiveness -- 4. Chronology.