SIR ANGUS WILSON.

Wilson, Angus, 1913-1991; Authors; Criticism; Fiction: Or, the Language of Our Discontent: A Study of the Built-In Novelist in Novels by Angus Wilson, Lawrence Durrell & Doris Lessing (Book)

This article presents a research guide to biography and criticism on the works of author Sir Angus Wilson. In his book Fiction, or the Language of Our Discontent: A Study of the Built-in Novelist in Novels by Angus Wilson, Lawrence Durrell, and Doris Lessing, Guido Kums contends that the use of the novelist as a character in a novel allows the author to comment theoretically on the process of writing in a way that is unique. He examines three works that feature novelist characters--Wilson's No Laughing Matter, Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, and Lessing's The Golden Notebook--finding parallels in the authors' perspectives on writing. This is a specialized study that attempts a radical reevaluation of the form and definition of the modern novel.