Iain Sinclair

Informationen zum Autor Brian Baker is Lecturer in English at Lancaster University Klappentext A clearly written, comprehensive critical introduction to one of the most original contemporary British writers, providing an overview of all of Sinclair's major works and an analysis of his vision of modern London. This book places Sinclair in a range of contexts, including: the late 1960s counter-culture and the 'British Poetry Revival'; London's underground histories; the rise and fall of Thatcherism, and Sinclair's writing about Britain under New Labour; Sinclair's connection to other writers and artists, such as J.G. Ballard, Michael Moorcock and Marc Atkins.This book makes a significant contribution to the growing scholarship surrounding Sinclair's work, offering the first critical text that covers in detail all of Sinclair's work: his poetry, fiction, non-fiction (including his book on John Clare, Edge of the Orison), and his film work. Zusammenfassung A clearly written! comprehensive critical introduction to one of the most original contemporary British writers! providing an overview of all of Sinclair's major works and an analysis of his vision of modern London -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Maps Of The London Underground1. Space And time, myth and place2. Whitechapel autopsy: An East End Apocalypse3. The widow4. Internal exiles5. The visual text6. Driven to the margins7. BorderlandsReferences

Product details

• Authors: Brian Baker, Baker Brian
• Assisted by: Daniel Lea (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780719069048
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6904-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Contemporary British Novelists; Contemporary British Novelists
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form