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Alan Hollinghurst and the Vitality of Influence

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  1. Allan Johnson

    1. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Allan Johnson
    Pages 1-8

  3. Influence, Image, and the Movement of Time

    • Allan Johnson
    Pages 9-30

  4. Sun-Worship and the Idolatry of Images: Derek Jarman, Philip Glass, and The Swimming-Pool Library

    • Allan Johnson
    Pages 31-60

  5. The Poets of Our Time: Lateness and Pedagogical Influence in The Folding Star

    • Allan Johnson
    Pages 61-83

  6. Almost Always: Influence, Ecstasy, and Architectural Imagination in The Spell

    • Allan Johnson
    Pages 84-112

  7. Spitting Images: Image, Text, and the Popular Press in The Line of Beauty

    • Allan Johnson
    Pages 113-132

  8. The Latterday Sortes Virgilianae: Confirmation Bias and the Image of the Poet in The Stranger’s Child

    • Allan Johnson
    Pages 133-149

  9. Conclusion

    • Allan Johnson
    Pages 150-153

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 154-184
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About this book

Alan Hollinghurst and the Vitality of Influence proposes a striking approach for reading the influences that interlace twentieth-century gay British writers. Focusing on the role of the textual image in literary influence, this book moves toward a new understanding of the interpenetration of literary and visual culture in the twentieth century.

Authors and Affiliations

  • City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Allan Johnson

About the author

Allan Johnson is Assistant Professor in English at City University of Hong Kong. He has previously taught at Birkbeck, University of London and the University of Leeds.

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