Kingsley Amis (1922–1995)
Auteur de Lucky Jim.
A propos de l'auteur
Kingsley Amis is generally considered one of the "angry young men" of the 1950s. He was born in London in 1922 and educated at the City of London School. He received a degree in English language and literature from St. John's College, Oxford, in 1947. Until 1961 Amis lectured in English at afficher plus University College, Swansea, and for the following two years at Cambridge. In 1947 Amis published his first collection of poems, Bright November. Frame of Mind followed in 1953 and Poems: Fantasy Portraits in 1954. His first novel, Lucky Jim (1954), established his reputation as a writer. He followed with That Uncertain Feeling (1956), and I Like It Here (1958). A longtime James Bond devotee, Amis wrote a James Bond adventure after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964. Amis's study of the famous spy was titled The James Bond Dossier (1965). Amis received the Booker Prize for the Old Devils (1986). Amis's later works include Memoirs (1990), and The King's English, a collection of essays on the craft of writing well. Amis was knighted in 1990. He died in 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Kingsley Amis
A Kingsley Amis Omnibus [Jake's Thing / Stanley and the Women / The Old Devils] (1980) 26 exemplaires
The Amis Anthology: Personal Choice of English Verse (1988) — Directeur de publication — 26 exemplaires
Dear Philip, Dear Kingsley: Starring Alan Bennett & Robert Hardy (BBC Radio Collection) (2002) 6 exemplaires
Take A Girl Like You [1970 film] — Screenwriter — 4 exemplaires
Harold's Years: Impressions from the "New Statesman" and "The Spectator" (1977) — Directeur de publication — 4 exemplaires
Hemingway in Space [short fiction] 4 exemplaires
Colllected letters 2 exemplaires
Mason's Life [short fiction] 2 exemplaires
Journey Into the Past 2 exemplaires
Who Or What Was It? 1 exemplaire
Amis Kingsley 1 exemplaire
Yasli Kurtlar 1 exemplaire
Conversations 1 exemplaire
A Look Round the Estate Poems 1957-1967 1 exemplaire
Something Strange 1 exemplaire
I Like it Here and That Uncertain Feeling 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Contributeur — 366 exemplaires
The war of the worlds, The time machine, and selected short stories (1963) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 155 exemplaires
The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories (1972) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 119 exemplaires
Poet to Poet : Tennyson, selected by Kingsley Amis (1973) — Directeur de publication — 18 exemplaires
Lucky Jim [1957 film] — Original book — 3 exemplaires
The Green Man [1990 TV series] — Original book — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Amis, Kingsley William
- Autres noms
- Markham, Robert (pseudonym)
- Date de naissance
- 1922-04-16
- Date de décès
- 1995-10-22
- Lieu de sépulture
- Golders Green Crematorium, London, England
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Clapham, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- St Pancras Hospital, London, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- stroke
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Wales, UK - Études
- Oxford University (BA|1949| St John's College)
City of London School - Professions
- Writer
- Relations
- Amis, Martin (son)
- Organisations
- Angry Young Men
Communist Party of Great Britain
Royal Corps of Signals - Prix et distinctions
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1961)
Order of the British Empire (Commander) (1981)
Knight Bachelor (1990)
Membres
Critiques
The green man par Kingsley Amis
Eh, trash.
This has been my third attempt at 'Lucky Jim'. And this time I did manage to finish it, in the manner of someone who is obliged to finish a particularly irksome piece of homework: without enthusiasm or enjoyment.
My own university years came at the tail end of the period Amis depicts, so I do recognise some of the types described. Socially inept Dixon himself, the hapless Professor Welch, highly-strung Margaret - I've met them all. However, in this case, I didn't really believe in them. And I liked none of them, particularly the irritating and lazy Dixon. Unable to involve myself in his quest for yet another cigarette or pint, or identify with his terminal lazinesss, I just wanted him to get on with it and get us both to the end of the book.
There are wonderful images, such as the justly famous description of a hangover: 'His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum. During the night, too, he’d somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by a secret police. He felt bad.' But it was a high price to pay, ploughing through the book on the off-chance of meeting gems such as this. Not on my 'to-read-again' shelf.… (plus d'informations)
My own university years came at the tail end of the period Amis depicts, so I do recognise some of the types described. Socially inept Dixon himself, the hapless Professor Welch, highly-strung Margaret - I've met them all. However, in this case, I didn't really believe in them. And I liked none of them, particularly the irritating and lazy Dixon. Unable to involve myself in his quest for yet another cigarette or pint, or identify with his terminal lazinesss, I just wanted him to get on with it and get us both to the end of the book.
There are wonderful images, such as the justly famous description of a hangover: 'His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum. During the night, too, he’d somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by a secret police. He felt bad.' But it was a high price to pay, ploughing through the book on the off-chance of meeting gems such as this. Not on my 'to-read-again' shelf.… (plus d'informations)
It's hard not to admire a novel that fails to prove this particular thesis:
Dixon looked out of the side window, and his spirits rose at once at the sight of the darkened countryside moving past him. This ride, unlike most of the things that happened to him, was something he’d rather have than not have. He’d got something he wanted, and whatever the cost in future embarrassment he was ready to meet it. He reflected that the Arab proverb urging this kind of policy was incomplete: to "take what you want and pay for it" it should add "which is better than being forced to take what you don’t want and paying for that." It was one more argument to support his theory that nice things are nicer than nasty ones.… (plus d'informations)
Dixon looked out of the side window, and his spirits rose at once at the sight of the darkened countryside moving past him. This ride, unlike most of the things that happened to him, was something he’d rather have than not have. He’d got something he wanted, and whatever the cost in future embarrassment he was ready to meet it. He reflected that the Arab proverb urging this kind of policy was incomplete: to "take what you want and pay for it" it should add "which is better than being forced to take what you don’t want and paying for that." It was one more argument to support his theory that nice things are nicer than nasty ones.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 97
- Aussi par
- 45
- Membres
- 17,729
- Popularité
- #1,242
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 363
- ISBN
- 505
- Langues
- 15
- Favoris
- 35