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Andrea Levy has emerged as one of the most significant and popular
voices in contemporary black British writing both in the UK and
abroad. Drawing on a familial history of emigration, her
critically-acclaimed novels - including the multiple award-winning
"Small Island" - attempt to bring a variety of voices to the
representation of black experience in post-war Britain. This book
is the first of its kind to be devoted to Levy's work. Combining
historical, theoretical and textual perspectives, the volume hosts
a wide range of current critical approaches to Levy's fiction. With
chapters written by leading established and emerging scholars, the
book explores issues of literary form, diasporic literature and
cultural value, the BBC TV adaptation of "Small Island," while also
shedding fresh light on Levy's critically neglected early works.
The book also includes a new interview with Levy herself, a
timeline of her life, chapter summaries, as well as guides to
further reading and online resources, making this an essential
companion to the writings of one of the most exciting voices in
contemporary fiction.
This book investigates the crucial question of 'restitution' in the
work of W. G. Sebald. Written by leading scholars from a range of
disciplines, with a foreword by his English translator Anthea Bell,
the essays collected in this volume place Sebald's oeuvre within
the broader context of European culture in order to better
understand his engagement with the ethics of aesthetics. Whilst
opening up his work to a range of under-explored areas including
dissident surrealism, Anglo-Irish relations, contemporary
performance practices and the writings of H. G. Adler, the volume
notably returns to the original German texts. The recurring themes
identified in the essays - from Sebald's carefully calibrated
syntax to his self-consciousness about 'genre', from his interest
in liminal spaces to his literal and metaphorical preoccupation
with blindness and vision - all suggest that the 'attempt at
restitution' constitutes the very essence of Sebald's understanding
of literature. -- .
Making the case that J. G. Ballard's fictional and non-fictional
writings must be read within the framework of Surrealism, Jeannette
Baxter argues for a radical revisioning of Ballard that takes
account of the political and ethical dimensions of his work.
Ballard's appropriation of diverse Surrealist aesthetic forms and
political writings, Baxter suggests, are mobilised to contest
official narratives of postwar history and culture and offer a
series of counter-historical and counter-cultural critiques. Thus
Ballard's work must be understood as an exercise in Surrealist
historiography that is politically and ethically engaged. Placing
Ballard's illustrated texts within this critical framework permits
Baxter to explore the effects of photographs, drawings, and other
visual symbols on the reading experience and the production of
meaning. Ballard's textual spectacles raise a variety of questions
about the shifting role of the reader and the function of the
written text within a predominantly visual culture, while
acknowledging the visual contexts of Ballard's Surrealist writings
allows a very different historical picture of the author and his
work to emerge.
This is an up-to-date reader of critical essays on J. G. Ballard by
leading international academics, which includes a short biography,
timeline and comprehensive guided further reading.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."Guides in the Contemporary Critical Perspectives" series
provide companions to reading and studying major contemporary
authors. Each guide includes new critical essays combining textual
readings, cultural analysis and discussion of key critical and
theoretical issues in a clear, accessible style. They also include
a preface by a major contemporary writer, a new interview with the
author, discussion of film and TV adaptation and guidance on
further reading.
Andrea Levy has emerged as one of the most significant and popular
voices in contemporary black British writing both in the UK and
abroad. Drawing on a familial history of emigration, her
critically-acclaimed novels - including the multiple award-winning
"Small Island" - attempt to bring a variety of voices to the
representation of black experience in post-war Britain. This book
is the first of its kind to be devoted to Levy's work. Combining
historical, theoretical and textual perspectives, the volume hosts
a wide range of current critical approaches to Levy's fiction. With
chapters written by leading established and emerging scholars, the
book explores issues of literary form, diasporic literature and
cultural value, the BBC TV adaptation of "Small Island," while also
shedding fresh light on Levy's critically neglected early works.
The book also includes a new interview with Levy herself, a
timeline of her life, chapter summaries, as well as guides to
further reading and online resources, making this an essential
companion to the writings of one of the most exciting voices in
contemporary fiction.
This is an up-to-date reader of critical essays on J. G. Ballard by
leading international academics, which includes a short biography,
timeline and comprehensive guided further reading.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."Guides in the Contemporary Critical Perspectives" series
provide companions to reading and studying major contemporary
authors. Each guide includes new critical essays combining textual
readings, cultural analysis and discussion of key critical and
theoretical issues in a clear, accessible style. They also include
a preface by a major contemporary writer, a new interview with the
author, discussion of film and TV adaptation and guidance on
further reading.
This book investigates the crucial question of 'restitution' in the
work of W. G. Sebald. Written by leading scholars from a range of
disciplines, with a foreword by his English translator Anthea Bell,
the essays collected in this volume place Sebald's oeuvre within
the broader context of European culture in order to better
understand his engagement with the ethics of aesthetics. Whilst
opening up his work to a range of under-explored areas including
dissident surrealism, Anglo-Irish relations, contemporary
performance practices and the writings of H. G. Adler, the volume
notably returns to the original German texts. The recurring themes
identified in the essays - from Sebald's carefully calibrated
syntax to his self-consciousness about 'genre', from his interest
in liminal spaces to his literal and metaphorical preoccupation
with blindness and vision - all suggest that the 'attempt at
restitution' constitutes the very essence of Sebald's understanding
of literature. -- .
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