Martin Amis (Routledge Guides to Literature) [Paperback]

Brian Finney (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415402921 | ISBN-13: 978-0415402927 | Publication Date: July 3, 2008 | Edition: 1

Booker-shortlisted for Time's Arrow and widely known for his novels, short stories, essays, reviews, and autobiographical works, Martin Amis is one of the most influential of contemporary British writers.

This guide to Amis's diverse and often controversial work offers:

• an accessible introduction to the contexts and many interpretations of his texts, from publication to the present
• an introduction to key critical texts and perspectives on Amis's life and work, situated within a broader critical history
• cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
• suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Martin Amis and seeking not only a guide to his works but also a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.

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About the Author

California State University, USA

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415402921
• ISBN-13: 978-0415402927
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,453,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian Finney, a professor of English, has published seven books on subjects ranging from a biography of Christopher Isherwood (awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize for the best biography of 1979) to his latest book, Terrorized: How the War on Terror Affected American Culture and Society, published on Amazon's Kindle in 2011.

Born in London, he obtained a degree in English and Philosophy at Reading University and a PhD at the University of London. He spent three years as an officer in the Royal Air Force and five years in management at Joseph Lucas Electrical and Standard Telephones and Cables. In 1964 he transferred to the University of London where he taught for its Department of Extra-Mural Studies.

In 1987 he emigrated to Southern California. After two years as a visiting professor at the University of California, Riverside and subsequent adjunct positions at UCLA and the University of Southern California, he became a full-time professor at California State University, Long Beach, where he is currently a professor emeritus in the Department of English.

His full list of published books is:


Terrorized: How the War on Terror Affected American Culture and Society. Amazon: Kindle, 2011.
Martin Amis. Routledge Guides to Literature. London and New York: Routledge, 2008
English Fiction Since 1984: Narrating a Nation. London and New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2006.
D. H. Lawrence. Sons and Lovers: A Critical Study. Harmondsworth, Middlesex:
Penguin; New York: Viking Penguin, 1990.
The Inner I: British Literary Autobiography of the Twentieth Century. London: Faber &
Faber; New York: Oxford UP, 1985.
Christopher Isherwood: A Critical Biography. London: Faber & Faber; New York:
Oxford UP, 1979.
Since How It Is: A Study of Samuel Beckett's Later Fiction. London: Covent Garden P,
1972.

His web site can be accessed at: http://www.csulb.edu/~bhfinney