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Out of the Night and into the Dream: Thematic Study of the Fiction of J.G. Ballard (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy) (Hardcover)
by Gregory Stephenson (Author) "following study of Ballard's work, I would like to trace in the author's short fiction and in his novels the development of the themes of..." (more)

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Hardcover: 200 pages
Publisher: Greenwood Press (30 Oct 1991)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0313279225
ISBN-13: 978-0313279225
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.9 x 2 cm
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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,539,975 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The author of "Empire of the Sun" and other acclaimed novels and stories, British science fiction writer J. G. Ballard is here given an analysis, his work being explored in terms of its internal coherence, its continuity and development, and its mythic and metaphysical aspects. Ballard's fiction is considered to be a critique of our secular, rational, technological culture, but this study departs from earlier ones that label him a fatalistic or nihilistic writer obsessed with entropy, devolution, and dissolution in showing him, instead, to be most deeply concerned with the redemption and regeneration of the human psyche. With Ballard's focus so much on visionary perception and mystical transcendence, Gregory Stephenson argues for his placement in the Romantic visionary tradition. A comprehensive examination of Ballard's work, this study traces his output and accomplishments over four decades, exploring their thematic development. Ballard is considered in relation to a number of British and American writers of the post-World War II era within and beyond the often too rigidly applied categorization of science fiction, as well as to poets and novelists of the past.

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following study of Ballard's work, I would like to trace in the author's short fiction and in his novels the development of the themes of transcendence and illusion, together with their concomitant themes, arguing that these themes represent neither an expression of universal pessimism nor a negation of human values and goals, but, rather, an affirmation of the highest humanistic and metaphysical ideal: the repossession for humankind of authentic and absolute being. Read the first page

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