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1 online resource (205 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Contemporary British Novelists
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Contemporary British novelists.
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Contents |
9780719069048; 9780719069048; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: maps of theLondon Underground; 1 Space and time, myth and place; 2 Whitechapel autopsy:an East End apocalypse; 3 The widow; or, the critical baroque; 4 Internal exiles; 5 The visual text; 6 Driven to the margins; 7 Borderlands; References; Index. |
Summary |
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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Sinclair, Iain, 1943- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Sinclair, Iain, 1943- |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Sinclair, Iain, 1943- |
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London (England) -- In literature.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Baker, Brian. Iain Sinclair. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007 9780719069048 |
ISBN |
9781847791603 electronic book |
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1847791603 electronic book |
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9781781700891 electronic book |
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1781700893 electronic book |
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9780719069055 |
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071906905X |
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9780719069048 |
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0719069041 |
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