Martin Amis is one of the most important and distinctive writers of the last thirty years and his work continues to provoke controversy and debate. From his first novel, The Rachel Papers (1973) to his more recent Lionel Asbo (2012) his fiction has engaged with the major movements in literary and critical theory over the last four decades. His experimental approach to the novel form, his creation of complex and memorable characters, and his acute awareness of the relationship between fiction and reality mark out the distinctive elements of Amis work. In addition, his often-controversial representations of class, gender and race make him an important and provocative figure for contemporary literary studies. This book provides a critical survey and evaluation of his major works, identifying his commitment to stylistic expression and experiment alongside the ways in which his novels have engaged with social, cultural and political issues.
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Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780746311738
About Nick Bentley
Nick Bentley is Senior Lecturer in English literature at Keele University UK. He is author of Contemporary British Fiction: A Readers Guide to the Essential Criticism (Palgrave 2018); Martin Amis (Liverpool UP 2015); Contemporary British Fiction (Edinburgh UP 2008); Radical Fictions: The English Novel in the 1950s (Peter Lang 2007); editor of British Fiction of the 1990s (Routledge 2005); and co-editor of The 2000s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction (Bloomsbury 2015) and Teenage Dreams: Youth Subcultures in Fiction Film and Other Media (Palgrave 2018) . He has also published journal articles and book chapters on a range of contemporary writers and topics including Monica Ali Martin Amis Kazuo Ishiguro Doris Lessing Colin MacInnes Ian McEwan David Mitchell Zadie Smith Sam Selvon the city in postmodern fiction fictional representations of youth subcultures and working-class writing. He is currently writing a monograph entitled Making a Scene: Youth Subcultures in Postwar and Contemporary Fiction (Palgrave).