J. G. Ballard

by D. Harlan Wilson

Book Overview

Prophetic short stories and apocalyptic novels like The Crystal World made J. G. Ballard a foundational figure in the British New Wave. Rejecting the science fiction of rockets and aliens, he explored an inner space of humanity informed by psychiatry and biology and shaped by surrealism. Later in his career, Ballard's combustible plots and violent imagery spurred controversy--even legal action--while his autobiographical 1984 war novel Empire...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252082958
• ISBN13: 9780252082955
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"