This study introduces the prose writing of B.S. Johnson, the quintessentially lost or neglected British novelist. Famously he rejected fiction as lies. Celebrated in his short lifetime (1933-1973), Johnson both adapts the experimentalism of the nouveau roman, and commits his narratives to a plural and chaotic notion of truth as a literary critique. Using appropriate theorists and philosophers, Philip Tew contextualizes Johnson's works and advances a reading that sustains the novelist's importance and redeems the relevance ...
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This study introduces the prose writing of B.S. Johnson, the quintessentially lost or neglected British novelist. Famously he rejected fiction as lies. Celebrated in his short lifetime (1933-1973), Johnson both adapts the experimentalism of the nouveau roman, and commits his narratives to a plural and chaotic notion of truth as a literary critique. Using appropriate theorists and philosophers, Philip Tew contextualizes Johnson's works and advances a reading that sustains the novelist's importance and redeems the relevance of the socio-critical aspects of his oeuvre.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xiii, 274. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Loosely inserted signed note from Philip Tew thanking Ian ( or Dan) for help. ISBN: 0719056268 Fine in fine dust jacket.
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Seller's Description:
First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xiii, 274. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Signed by the author on the title page, "For the son of [B. S. Johnson]...Philip Tew. 26. vii.01." ISBN: 0719056268 Fine in fine dust jacket.
