The Life of Kingsley AmisIn this authorised biography, Zachary Leader argues that Kingsley Amis was not only the finest comic novelist of his generation, but a dominant figure in post-war British writing, as novelist, poet, critic and polemicist. |
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... Huntington Library , San Marino , California , the principal repository of Amis's papers . The Amis Collection in the Huntington consists of 1,211 catalogued items , plus ephemera ( Call numbers : AMS 1-1165 ; FAC 1094-1104 , 1326-1335 ...
... Huntington Library , San Marino , California , the principal repository of Amis's papers . The Amis Collection in the Huntington consists of 1,211 catalogued items , plus ephemera ( Call numbers : AMS 1-1165 ; FAC 1094-1104 , 1326-1335 ...
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... Huntington . 140 Quoted in Memoirs , p . 53 . 141 PL to KA , 18 October 1942 ( Huntington ) . 142 Memoirs , p . 54 . 143 Jacobs , ' Amis Diaries ' , 1 April 1993 . 144 PL to KA , 19 September 1942 ( Huntington ) . 145 Quoted in Motion ...
... Huntington . 140 Quoted in Memoirs , p . 53 . 141 PL to KA , 18 October 1942 ( Huntington ) . 142 Memoirs , p . 54 . 143 Jacobs , ' Amis Diaries ' , 1 April 1993 . 144 PL to KA , 19 September 1942 ( Huntington ) . 145 Quoted in Motion ...
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... ( Huntington ) , p . 11 . 84 Ibid . , p . 45 . 85 Ibid . , p . 109 . 86 Jacobs , Biography , pp . 335-336 . 87 Ibid . , p . 336. The preceding quotation , about monstrous Ann , comes from ' Difficulties with Girls ' , unfinished ...
... ( Huntington ) , p . 11 . 84 Ibid . , p . 45 . 85 Ibid . , p . 109 . 86 Jacobs , Biography , pp . 335-336 . 87 Ibid . , p . 336. The preceding quotation , about monstrous Ann , comes from ' Difficulties with Girls ' , unfinished ...
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