J. G. Ballard : Contemporary Critical Perspectives.
Başlık:
J. G. Ballard : Contemporary Critical Perspectives.
Yazar:
Baxter, Jeannette.
ISBN:
9781441163622
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Basım Bilgisi:
1st ed.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (170 pages)
Seri:
Contemporary Critical Perspectives
İçerik:
Contents -- Foreword -- General Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Chronology or a Version of J. G. Ballard's Life -- INTRODUCTION: J. G. Ballard and the Contemporary -- CHAPTER ONE: The Geometry of the Space Age: J. G. Ballard's Short Fiction and Science Fiction of the 1960s -- CHAPTER TWO: Disquieting Features: An Introductory Tour of The Atrocity Exhibition -- CHAPTER THREE: The Gothic, the Body, and the Failed Homeopathy Argument: Reading Crash -- CHAPTER FOUR: Death at Work: The Cinematic Imagination of J. G. Ballard -- CHAPTER FIVE: Mind is the Battlefield: Reading Ballard's 'Life Trilogy' as War Literature -- CHAPTER SIX: From Shanghai to Shepperton: Crises of Representation in J. G. Ballard's Londons -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Visions of Europe in Cocaine Nights and Super-Cannes -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Situating the Violence of J. G. Ballard's Postmillennial Fiction: The Possibilities of Sacrifice, the Certainties of Trauma -- Afterword -- Kingdom Come: An Interview with J. G. Ballard -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Özet:
J.G. Ballard is one of the most significant British writers of the contemporary period. His award-winning novels are widely studied and read, yet the appeal of Ballard's idiosyncratic, and often controversial, imagination is such that his work also enjoys something of a cult status with the reading public. The hugely successful cinematic adaptations of Empire of the Sun (Spielberg, 1987) and Crash (Cronenberg, 1996) further confirm Ballard's unique place within the literary, cultural and popular imaginations. This guide includes new critical perspectives on Ballard's major novels as well as his short stories and journalistic writing covering issues of form, narrative and experimentation. Whilst offering fresh readings of dominant and recurring themes in Ballard's writing, including history, sexuality, violence, consumer capitalism, and urban space,the contributors also explore Ballard's contribution to major contemporary debates including those surrounding post 9/11 politics, terrorism, neo-imperialism, science, morality and ethics.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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