Father and Son: Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British Novel since 1950 PDF
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Father and Son Publicationofthisbookhasbeenmade possibleinpart bythegenerous supportoftheAnonymous Fund oftheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison S Father and on Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British Novel . sznce I950 Gavin Keulks THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS TheUniversityofWisconsinPress 1930MonroeStreet Madison,Wisconsin537II www.wisc.edulwiseonsinpress/ 3HenriettaStreet LondonWC2E8LU,England Copyright©2003 TheBoardofRegentsoftheUniversityofWisconsinSystem Allrightsreserved 4 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Keulks,Gavin. Fatherandson:KingsleyAmis,MartinAmis,andtheBritishnovel since1950/GavinKeulks. p. em. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-299-19210-5(alk.paper) 1. Amis,Kingsley-Criticismandinterpretation. 2. Amis,Martin- Criticismandinterpretation. 3. Englishfiction- 20thcentury-Historyandcriticism. 4. Fathersandsons-GreatBritain. 1. Title:KingsleyAmis,MartinAmis,andtheBritishnovelsince1950. II. Title. PR6oo1.M6Z745 2003 823'·91409-de21 20°3°°7228 Formyfather, GeorgeW. Keulks, I9J8-I997 Contents Acknowledgments VIlI Introduction: TheAmises,Tradition, andInfluence: GenealogicalDissent 3 BriefAnecdotalHistory:TheMid-I98osandMid-I990S 6 Tradition,Influence, andAnxiety 18 RealismandRevaluation 24 PART I. CRITICAL CARTOGRAPHY: CHARTING THE ARTISTIC ALLEGIANCES 1. TheAmises onAmerican Literature: Nabokov, Bellow, Roth 33 VladimirNabokov: StyleasMorality 37 SaulBellow: PropheticRealism 46 Philip Roth: EgocentricNarration 55 2. TheAmises on English Literature: Austen,Waugh, Larkin 66 JaneAusten: ManneredMorality 68 EvelynWaugh: DeclineandFall 79 Philip Larkin:TheComedyofCandor 88 PART 2. INFLUENCE AND INTERSECTION: THE INTERPLAY OF INDIVIDUAL WORKS 3. TheAmises on Comedy: LuckyJim and TheRachelPapers 101 LuckyJim: CulturalandGenerationalConflict 105 TheRachelPapers: RevaluativeInversionand Critique 115 "TheTwoAmises" 120 4. TheAmises on Satire: EndingUp andDeadBabies 133 HenryFieldingandHoratianSatire 142 MikhailBakhtinandMenippean Satire 147 CharacterizationandClosure 153 VI Contents • Vll 5. TheAmises on Realism andPostmodernism: Stanleyand the Women andMoney:ASuicideNote 162 Chauvinism,Feminism, andMisogyny 164 TheAutobiographicalAbyss:Jake'sThingand Stanley andthe Women 166 RevaluativeFeminism?Money, Misogyny, andDoubling 174 TheAmises, Realism, andPostmodernism 183 Revaluative Realism:MoneyandMetamimesis 189 6. TheAmises on Love, Death, andChildren: TheLetters ofKingsleyAmisandExperience:A Memoir 199 HigherAutobiography: Experience, MidlifeCrisis, and theUnconscious 201 PersonalRealignment: HillyRedux 208 ProfessionalRealignment: The OldDevils 210 PersonalRealignment: Experience 218 Conclusion: ProjectingaFuture:TheAmises, Genealogical Dissent, and the British Novelsince1950 227 WhithertheNovel? Realism,Postmodernism, andBeyond 232 AfterKingsley: MartinAmisandthe EventHorizons ofFiction 242 ProfessionalRealignment? Love, Children,and NightTrain 245 Notes 257 Bibliography 307 Index 323 Acknowledgments As with all scholarly works, numerous people have helped shape my ideas. Specialthanks go toJonathanAllison,John Cawelti, and Steven Weisenburger, allofwhom offeredinvaluable advice in the earlystages of composition. James Diedrick, Jerome Meckier, and Dale Salwak similarlydeserve commendationfor theirexceptionallyinsightfulcom ments on later drafts ofthe manuscript. In addition, I'd like to thank Suzi Krasnoo for helpingto coordinate myvisitto the Huntington Li braryandAlanH.Jutzi,AveryChiefCuratorofRare Books,forgiving me an informal tour ofKingsleyAmis's workinglibrary. Numerous of my students also leant their emotional strength to this project, but I'd liketosingleoutCelesteBarkerandAdeleJohnsonfortheirintellectual rigorandtirelesssupport.Mostofall,I extendmydeepestthankstomy wife, Preeti,who has inspiredme through herremarkablepatience and dedication. She has shared all ofthe frustrations and joys associated withthisbook, andmydebttoherislimitless. Iwouldalsoliketothank the University ofKentucky and Western Oregon University for their graciousfinancial assistancewiththisproject. Vll1 Father and Son
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