| Description |
1 online resource (202 pages) |
| Series |
Continuum literary studies series |
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Continuum literary studies
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 A Host of Furious Fancies; Chapter 2 Unconscious Catastrophes; Chapter 3 Insane Modernities; Chapter 4 Trauma, Psychoanalysis, Autobiography; Chapter 5 Contemporary Psychopathies; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
J.G. Ballard self-professedly ''devoured'' the work of Freud as a teenager, and entertained early thoughts of becoming a psychiatrist; he opened his novel-writing career with a manifesto declaring his wish to write a science fiction exploring not outer but ''inner space'', and declaring the need for contemporary fiction to be viewed ''as a branch of neurology''. He also apparently welcomed a reader''s report on Crash (1973) condemning him as ''beyond psychiatric help'' as confirming his achievement of ''total artistic success''. Samuel Francis investigates Ballard''s engagement with psycholog |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest, viewed June 25, 2018) |
| Subject |
Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009 fast |
| Subject |
Psychology in literature.
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Literary studies: from c 1900.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Psychology in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441141712 |
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1441141715 |
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9781441182401 |
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1441182403 |
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9781472542854 |
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1472542851 |
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1472513037 |
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9781472513038 |
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