J.G. Ballard : landscapes of tomorrow /
An innovative volume of interdisciplinary essays on the significant British writer J.G. Ballard (1930-2009), exploring the physical, cultural and intertextual landscapes in several key novels with a central focus on The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), one of the most challenging texts in contemporary li...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill Rodopi,
2016
Leiden ; Boston : [2016] |
| Series: | Dialogue (Brill Rodopi (Firm)) ;
22 Guft va gū ; 22 Guft va gū ; 22 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 J.G. Ballard and the Drowned World of Shanghai / Graham Matthews Matthews, Graham 9
- 2 Aeolian Harps in the Desert: Romanticism and Vermilion Sands / Thomas Knowles Knowles, Thomas 23
- 3 Zones of Non-time: Residues of Iconic Events in Ballard's Fiction / Catherine McKenna McKenna, Catherine 40
- 4 Speeding to the Doldrums: Stalled Futures and the Disappearance of Tomorrow in "The Dead Astronaut" / Andrew Warstat Warstat, Andrew 57
- 5 Jarry, Joyce and the Apocalyptic Intertextuality of The Atrocity Exhibition / Richard Brown Brown, Richard 69
- 6 Geometries of the Imagination: The Map-Territory Relation in The Atrocity Exhibition / Guglielmo Poli Poli, Guglielmo 87
- 7 "The Logic of the Visible at the Service of the Invisible": Reading Invisible Literature in The Atrocity Exhibition / Elizabeth Stainforth Stainforth, Elizabeth 99
- 8 Hidden Heterotopias in Crash / Christopher Duffy Duffy, Christopher 112
- 9 Pillars of the Community: The Tripartite Characterization of High-Rise / William Fingleton Fingleton, William 126
- 10 Fascisms and the Politics of Nowhere in Kingdom Come / Jeannette Baxter Baxter, Jeannette 141