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- Title
Reflections of Antimodernism in Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim.
- Authors
BEYAD, MARYAM SOLTAN; BASSIR, SEYED IMAN
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the book "Lucky Jim" by English novelist Kingsley Amis is presented. It explores the 1954 novel as the author's reflections as an outspoken critic of the modernists and their style of writing. It also discusses the representation of the character of the novel's anti-hero, James (Jim) Dixon, who seems to be just after is women and alcohol and who has been accused of academic dishonesty and philistinism.
- Subjects
LUCKY Jim (Book : Amis); AMIS, Kingsley, 1922-1995; 20TH century English fiction; ANTIHEROES in literature; MEN in literature; STUDENT cheating; PHILISTINISM in literature
- Publication
Papers on Language & Literature, 2020, Vol 56, Issue 4, p373
- ISSN
0031-1294
- Publication type
Literary Criticism