The Psychological Fictions of J.G. Ballard

by Samuel Francis, Samuel Francis, Samuel Francis

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472513037
• ISBN13: 9781472513038
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"