"Fussell is a wonderful writer," according to The Washington Post Book World , "at once elegant and earthy." With such books as Wartime and The Great War and Modern Memory , he established a reputation as an incisive critic with a razor-tipped pen. Now Paul Fussell turns his attention to one of his own literary heroes, a man of similar acidic wit, Kingsley Amis. In The Anti-Egotist , Fussell captures the essence of Amis as a man of letters--"a serious critic," as John Gross writes, "operating outside the academic fold ...
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"Fussell is a wonderful writer," according to The Washington Post Book World , "at once elegant and earthy." With such books as Wartime and The Great War and Modern Memory , he established a reputation as an incisive critic with a razor-tipped pen. Now Paul Fussell turns his attention to one of his own literary heroes, a man of similar acidic wit, Kingsley Amis. In The Anti-Egotist , Fussell captures the essence of Amis as a man of letters--"a serious critic," as John Gross writes, "operating outside the academic fold." Part biography, part critical appraisal, The Anti-Egotist traces the influences that have shaped Amis's writing, ranging from his schooldays through military service to university teaching, as he emerged as a novelist, poet, and essayist. By drawing our attention to the details first of Amis's life, then of his writing, Fussell reveals the profound moral sense that expresses itself so wonderfully in Amis's fiction and criticism. He mixes affection with insight as he paints a highly personal portrait of Amis as writer who despises self-promotion in all its forms, savaging the world's show-offs and blowhards with a particularly sharp-toothed bite. Amis's criticism, too, shook the British literary world with his "no-nonsense, can-the-bullshit tone," restoring skepticism and honesty to postwar English writing. Fussell guides us through Amis's immense output--portraying him as a book reviewer, custodian of language, gastronomic critic, anthologist, and poet--showing how his overriding concern is always for the public, deriding pretensions that come at a cost to the audience. And the power of Amis's writing, from his humor to his deft characterization, rings through in page after page of Fussell's accurate and evocative assessments. In recent years, Kingsley Amis has drawn considerable fire, thanks to his outspoken conservative opinions; many critics see him as little more than a crusty old curmudgeon. In The Anti-Egotist , Paul Fussell does the reading public a double favor in restoring the reputation of this important writer: he effortlessly captures the literary virtuosity that lifted Amis to fame, and he reveals the moral convictions that make this seeming curmudgeon more relevant than ever.
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New York. 1994. Oxford University Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0195087364. 206 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by John William Costa. Jacket photograph: Archive Photos. keywords: Literature England Kingsley Amis. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Part biography, part critical appraisal, The Anti-Egotist traces the influences that have shaped Amis's writing, ranging from his schooldays through military service to university teaching, as he emerged as a novelist, poet, and essayist. By drawing our attention to the details first of Amis's life, then of his writing, Fussell reveals the profound moral sense that expresses itself so wonderfully in Amis's fiction and criticism. He mixes affection with insight as he paints a highly personal portrait of Amis as writer who despises self-promotion in all its forms, savaging the world's show-offs and blowhards with a particularly sharp-toothed bite. Amis's criticism, too, shook the British literary world with his 'no-nonsense, can-the-bullshit tone, ' restoring skepticism and honesty to postwar English writing. Fussell guides us through Amis's immense output-portraying him as a book reviewer, custodian of language, gastronomic critic, anthologist, and poet-showing how his overriding concern is always for the public, deriding pretensions that come at a cost to the audience. And the power of Amis's writing, from his humor to his deft characterization, rings through in page after page of Fussell's accurate and evocative assessments. In recent years, Kingsley Amis has drawn considerable fire, thanks to his outspoken conservative opinions; many critics see him as little more than a crusty old curmudgeon. In The Anti-Egotist, Paul Fussell does the reading public a double favor in restoring the reputation of this important writer: he effortlessly captures the literary virtuosity that lifted Amis to fame, and he reveals the moral convictions that make this seeming curmudgeon more relevant than ever. inventory #21618.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Hardback First Edition Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition. Tan linen quarter cloth with black titles, lighter tan speckled boards, vey clean and unmarked, a faint wrinkle to lower front corner; tight, solid and square sewn binding with red and yellow endbands. Internals as new. The focus in this book is on Kingsley Amis' non-fiction and his literary learning, his performance as a critic, a learned anthologist, a memoirist, a teacher, and a poet--a man of letters in the old sense, a writer conspicuous for complex literary knowledge and subtle taste as well as for vigorous views on politics and society. 206 pages, indexed. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 1994, Oxford University Press,
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