The Anti-Death League

Kingsley Amis was the most prominent literary figure among political, cultural and social polemicists, appealing to the shifting tastes of elite and popular audiences alike. Widely remembered as a compelling person, a man of alarming appetites and energies, or as one of the funniest, cleverest or ru...

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Main Author: Manuela Odeta Belei
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Editura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu Arad 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies
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Online Access:http://www.jhss.ro/downloads/13/articles/2%20Belei.pdf
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description Kingsley Amis was the most prominent literary figure among political, cultural and social polemicists, appealing to the shifting tastes of elite and popular audiences alike. Widely remembered as a compelling person, a man of alarming appetites and energies, or as one of the funniest, cleverest or rudest men that most people had ever met, Amis enjoyed the status of a “celebrity” quoted in newspaper and periodicals, during a time when the devilish machinations of mass media had not yet given rise to the term’s present-day negative or at least pejorative connotations. His work is of vital importance not only for its influence, but for the pleasure it affords, and the breadth and depth of its achievement. As for Amis the man, he was in life as he was on the page: commanding, invigorating, sparkling, and full of esprit.
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