Johnson Alan Hollinghurst and the Vitality of Influence

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-36203-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten

Reihe: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

Alan Hollinghurst and the Vitality of Influence proposes a striking approach for reading the influences that interlace twentieth-century gay British writers. Focusing on the role of the textual image in literary influence, this book moves toward a new understanding of the interpenetration of literary and visual culture in the twentieth century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Allan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Influence, Image, and the Movement of Time 2. Sun-Worship and the Idolatry of Images: Derek Jarman, Philip Glass, and The Swimming-Pool Library 3. 'The Poets of Our Time': Lateness and Pedagogical Influence in The Folding Star 4. 'Almost Always': Influence, Ecstasy, and Architectural Imagination in The Spel 5. Spitting Images: Image, Text, and the Popular Press in The Line of Beauty 6. 'The Latter Days Sortes Virgilianae': Confirmation Bias and the Image of the Poet in The Stranger's Child Conclusion Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Allan Johnson is Assistant Professor in English at City University of Hong Kong. He has previously taught at Birkbeck, University of London and the University of Leeds.