Kingsley Amis
Antimodels and the Audience
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Word Count
74,000 words, Guess
Page Count
296 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27592064M
- ISBN-139780773541368
- ISBN-100773541365
- OCLC Control Number818414661
- Amazon0773541365
Classifications
- LCCPR6001.M6
Description
"Throughout the first twenty years of his career, Amis used bad artists as whimsical characters, or antimodels, that helped identify his artistic preferences and fictional techniques. He became convinced that the relationship between an artist and his audience was reciprocal and that both the outer audience and the artist's inner circle must be held accountable for the production of poor literature. During the last twenty years of his career, Amis no longer concerned himself with satirizing bad artists, but instead explored ways of ameliorating them. James shows that the development of antimodels as fully drawn characters and Amis's insistence upon reciprocity in the writer-reader relationship demonstrate that he was more than just a comedic writer, and was aware of himself as an artist with social responsibilities."-- Book jacket.
Other Editions
- Kingsley Amis: Antimodels and the Audience
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