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Zachary Leader

Author of The Life of Kingsley Amis

13+ Works 370 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Zachary Leader is a professor of English literature at Roehampton University in England.

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The life of Saul Bellow

Works by Zachary Leader

The Life of Kingsley Amis (2006) 113 copies

The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964 (2015) 95 copies

The Life of Saul Bellow: Love and Strife, 1965-2005 (2018) 48 copies

Ellmann's Joyce: The Biography of a Masterpiece and Its Maker (2025) 38 copies

On Modern British Fiction (2002) 19 copies, 1 review

The Movement Reconsidered: Essays on Larkin, Amis, Gunn, Davie and Their Contemporaries (2009) 15 copies

On Life-Writing (2015) 13 copies

Writer's Block (1990) 11 copies

Reading Blake's Songs (1981) 8 copies

Revision and Romantic Authorship (1996) 4 copies

Ellman's Joyce: The Biography of a Masterpiece and its Maker 4 copies

'In expectation of happiness: John Updike's Wordsworthian short stories' in TLS 5260, 23 Jan 2004 [review of Updike's 'The Early Stories: 1953-1975'] 1 copy

The Life of Saul Bellow 1 copy

Associated Works

The Letters of Kingsley Amis (2011) — Editor — 161 copies

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Canonical name: Leader, Zachary
Birthdate: 1946
Gender: male
Education: Northwestern University (BA)
Harvard University (PhD|English)
Occupations: English professor
Organizations: Roehampton University
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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On Modern British Fiction by Zachary Leader

A fascinating collection of essays from some of my favorites: Hitch, Marty and Ian. The others focusing on Scottish Lit, sci-fi, mysteries, screen adaptations and the publishing world were all informative and enjoyable.

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Works: 13
Also by: 1
Members: 370
Popularity: #65,127
Rating: 4.0

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ISBNs: 33

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