J.G. Ballard edited by Jeannette Baxter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baxter, Jeannette, editor.

Series:

Continuum contemporary critical perspectives series.

Contemporary critical perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009--Criticism and interpretation.

Ballard, J. G.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

General Editors' Foreword

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Chronology or a Version of J. G. Ballard's Life

Foreword by Toby Litt

Introduction: J. G. Ballard and the Contemporary, Jeannette Baxter (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge)

1. The Geometry of the Space Age: J. G. Ballard's short fiction and science fiction of the 1960s, Brian Baker (Lancaster University)

2. Disquieting Features: An Introductory Tour to The Atrocity Exhibition, Jake Huntley (University of East Anglia)

3. The Gothic, the Body, and the Failed Homeopathy Argument: Reading Crash, Victor Sage (University of East Anglia)

4. Death at Work: The Cinematic Imagination of J. G. Ballard, Corin Depper (Kingston University)

5. Mind is the Battlefield: Reading Ballard's 'Life Trilogy' as War Literature, Umberto Rossi (Rome)

6. From Shanghai to Shepperton: Crises of Representation in J. G. Ballard's Londons, Sebastian Groes (Liverpool Hope University)

7. Visions of Europe in Cocaine Nights and Super-Cannes, Jeannette Baxter (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge)

8. The Possibilities of Sacrifice, the Certainties of Trauma: J. G. Ballard's Postmillenial Fiction, Philip Tew (Brunel University)

Afterword by Toby Litt

Interview with J.G. Ballard by Jeannette Baxter

Further Reading

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [129]-147) and index

ISBN:

9786612875403

9781472542519

1472542517

9781282875401

128287540X

9781441163622

144116362X

OCLC:

676697040