J. G. Ballard
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J. G. Ballard

Contemporary Critical Perspectives

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J. G. Ballard

Contemporary Critical Perspectives

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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.

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Publisher
Continuum
Year
2009
ISBN
9781441163622
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. General Editors’ Preface
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Contributors
  6. Chronology or a Version of J. G. Ballard’s Life
  7. INTRODUCTION: J. G. Ballard and the Contemporary
  8. CHAPTER ONE: The Geometry of the Space Age: J. G. Ballard’s Short Fiction and Science Fiction of the 1960s
  9. CHAPTER TWO: Disquieting Features: An Introductory Tour of The Atrocity Exhibition
  10. CHAPTER THREE: The Gothic, the Body, and the Failed Homeopathy Argument: Reading Crash
  11. CHAPTER FOUR: Death at Work: The Cinematic Imagination of J. G. Ballard
  12. CHAPTER FIVE: Mind is the Battlefield: Reading Ballard’s ‘Life Trilogy’ as War Literature
  13. CHAPTER SIX: From Shanghai to Shepperton: Crises of Representation in J. G. Ballard’s Londons
  14. CHAPTER SEVEN: Visions of Europe in Cocaine Nights and Super-Cannes
  15. CHAPTER EIGHT: Situating the Violence of J. G. Ballard’s Postmillennial Fiction: The Possibilities of Sacrifice, the Certainties of Trauma
  16. Afterword
  17. Kingdom Come: An Interview with J. G. Ballard
  18. References
  19. Index