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The psychological fictions of J.G. Ballard /
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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum,
[2011]
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| Collection: | Continuum literary studies.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (202 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441141712 1441141715 9781441182401 1441182403 9781472542854 1472542851 1472513037 9781472513038 |