Kingsley William Amis

Amis, Kingsley William

Born Apr. 16, 1922, in London. English writer.

Amis, a veteran of World War II, graduated from Oxford University in 1949. Along with J. Wain he was one of the first Angry Young Men. His best works, Lucky Jim (1954; Russian translation, 1958), That Uncertain Feeling (1955), and The Anti-Death League (1966), skillfully satirize the time-honored mores of the bourgeoisie. Their use of the grotesque and farce recall the works of T. Smollett. Amis is a writer of realistic comedy; his later works have included Take a Girl Like You (1960), I Want It Now (1968), and Girl, 20 (1971). He is nevertheless capable of sacrificing ethical principles merely for the sake of a laugh, for example, in Ending Up (1974). Amis is also the author of the detective novel Colonel Sun (1968). His novels are characterized by a spirit of parody and hoax, for example The Alteration (1976).

WORKS

I Like It Here. London, 1958.
One Fat Englishman. London, 1963.
The Riverside Villas Murder. London, 1973.

REFERENCES

Ivasheva, V. V. Angliiskaia literatura, XX vek. Moscow, 1967.
Allen, U. Traditsiia i mechta. Moscow, 1970.
Fraser, G. S. The Modern Writer and His World. Harmondsworth, 1964. Pages 175–79.

V. A. KHARITONOV

单词	kingsley william amis
释义	Kingsley William Amis Amis, Kingsley William Born Apr. 16, 1922, in London. English writer. Amis, a veteran of World War II, graduated from Oxford University in 1949. Along with J. Wain he was one of the first Angry Young Men. His best works, Lucky Jim (1954; Russian translation, 1958), That Uncertain Feeling (1955), and The Anti-Death League (1966), skillfully satirize the time-honored mores of the bourgeoisie. Their use of the grotesque and farce recall the works of T. Smollett. Amis is a writer of realistic comedy; his later works have included Take a Girl Like You (1960), I Want It Now (1968), and Girl, 20 (1971). He is nevertheless capable of sacrificing ethical principles merely for the sake of a laugh, for example, in Ending Up (1974). Amis is also the author of the detective novel Colonel Sun (1968). His novels are characterized by a spirit of parody and hoax, for example The Alteration (1976). WORKS I Like It Here. London, 1958. One Fat Englishman. London, 1963. The Riverside Villas Murder. London, 1973. REFERENCES Ivasheva, V. V. Angliiskaia literatura, XX vek. Moscow, 1967. Allen, U. Traditsiia i mechta. Moscow, 1970. Fraser, G. S. The Modern Writer and His World. Harmondsworth, 1964. Pages 175–79. V. A. KHARITONOV
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