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Kingsley Amis: In Life and Letters [Hardcover]

Dale Salwak (Editor)


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0312053657 978-0312053659 May 1991
A collection of essays edited by Professor Salwak whose publications include literary biographies of John Wain and A.J.Cronin. He also wrote reference guides to Kingsley Amis, John Braine, A.J.Cronin, Carl Sandburg and John Wain.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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This is clearly the single indispensible guide to Amis's fiction, unlikely to be surpassed or superceded for many years to come....Salwak's study provides a concise, reliable, indispensible guidebook to Amis's oeuvre-an ideal Baedeker to Philistinia.>>> (World Literature Today )

...a splendidly spacious, relaxed yet shrewd study of Amis's work. Lucid and very informative, it is ideally suited to the general reader.>>>> (Barbara Everett World Literature Today )

Dale Salwak has skillfully and intelligently managed difficult terrain in his biographical treatment of Kingsley Amis....informed, well-focused and discerning...>>>> (Barbara Everett Mfs )

It's...a good sign that...some recent books about Amis have been appearing.>>>> (Barbara Everett The Hudson Review )

...by far the most thorough yet written.>>>> (Choice )

...by far the most thorough yet written. (Choice )

This is clearly the single indispensible guide to Amis's fiction, unlikely to be surpassed or superceded for many years to come....Salwak's study provides a concise, reliable, indispensible guidebook to Amis's oeuvre-an ideal Baedeker to Philistinia. (World Literature Today )

...a splendidly spacious, relaxed yet shrewd study of Amis's work. Lucid and very informative, it is ideally suited to the general reader. (Barbara Everett World Literature Today )

Dale Salwak has skillfully and intelligently managed difficult terrain in his biographical treatment of Kingsley Amis....informed, well-focused and discerning... (Barbara Everett Mfs )

It's...a good sign that...some recent books about Amis have been appearing. (Barbara Everett The Hudson Review ) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Dale Salwak is Professor of English at Southern California's Citrus College and the leading bibliographer of works by and about Kingsley Amis. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 203 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (May 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312053657
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312053659
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,932,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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