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\nCONTRIBUTIONS BY  \nBrian AldissBryan AppleyardJohn ArlottRobert ConquestBarbara EverettGavin EwartBetty FussellPaul FussellJames GindinHarry HarrisonEdmund KeeleyPeter Levi  \nNorman MacLeodGilbert PhelpsRichard PorterAnthony PowellWilliam H.PritchardHarry RitchieJohn B.VickeryKeith Wilson  \nKINGSLEY AMIS  \nKingsley Amis  \nIn Life and Letters  \nEdited by  \nDALE SALWAK  \nProfessor of EnglishCitrus College,California  \nPalgrave Macmillan  \nISBN 978-1-349-20845-6(eBook)  \nISBN 978-1-349-20847-0  \nDOI 10.1007/978-1-349-20845-6  \nEditorial matter and selection Dale Salwak1990;Chapter1 CBryan Appleyard1990;Chapter 2 CAnthony Powell 1990;Chapter 3◎ Robert Conquest 1990;Chapter 4CPaul Fussell 1990;Chapter 5,6,11,12,13,15,16,17ODale Salwak1990;Chapter7OBetty Fussell 1990;Chapter 8 ORichard Porter 1990;Chapter9   Brian Aldiss 1990;Chapter 10◎ Harry Harrison 1990;Chapter 14 ◎Barbara Everett 1990;Chapter 18 CPeter Levi 1990;Chapter 19 CWilliam H.Pritchard 1990;Chapter 20 ◎Harry Ritchie 1990.  \nSoftcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1990978-0-333-49148-5  \nAll rights reserved.For information,write:Scholarly and Reference Division,  \nSt.Martin's Press,Inc.,175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010  \nFirst published in the United States of America in 1991  \nISBN 978-0-312-05365-9  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataKingsley Amis,in life and letters /edited by Dale Salwak.p.cm.  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 978-0-312-05365-9  \n1.Amis,Kingsley.2.Authors,English-20th century—Biography.  \nI.Salwak,Dale.PR6001.M6Z751991828'.91409-dc20  \n[B]  \n90-43357  \nCIP  \nFor his family  \nContents  \nList of Plates  \nixxiy  \nPreface  \nAcknowledgements  \nNotes on the Contributors  \n1 The Entertainer in Old AgeBryan Appleyard  \n工  \n2 Amis Country6Anthony Powell  \n11  \n3 ProfileRobert Conquest  \n4 Kingsley,As I Know HimPaul Fussell  \nB  \n5 An I to I Interview about Kingsley AmisEdmund Keeley  \n6 A Frank ManJohn Arlott  \n7 Kingsley's RitualsBetty Fussell  \n8 Kingsley in NashvilleRichard Porter  \n9 'im  \nBrian Aldiss  \n10 Amis vs SFHarry Harrison  \n24  \n3  \n33364051  \nContents  \nviii  \n11 Kingsley Amis:An AppreciationGavin Ewart  \n12 The'Awfulness'of Kingsley AmisGilbert Phelps  \n657689  \n13 Jim,Jake and the Years BetweenKeith Wilson  \n14 Kingsley Amis:Devils and OthersBarbara Everett  \n15 The Language of Kingsley Amis100Norman Macleod  \n16 Changing Social and Moral Attitudes130James Gindin  \n17 Alternative Worlds:The Short Stories149John B.Vickery  \n18 Kingsley Amis (21 in 1943)167Peter Levi  \n19 Entertaining Amis173William H.Pritchard  \n20 An Outrageous Talent183Harry Ritchie  \nNotes188Select Bibliography194Index199  \n# List of Plates\n\n1 The Amis family in Portugal(1954)  \n2 Kingsley Amis on the outskirts of Soho(1958);C AnthonyPowell.  \n3 Hilary and Kingsley Amis,New Jersey(1959)  \n4 Kingsley Amis with Geoff Doherty,Hilary Amis,MargaretManson and Harry 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