Bio: Entries: Angry Young Men - "Other examples are such novels as Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim (1954), John Braine's Room at the Top (1957), and Alan Sillitoe's Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1960)." Antihero - "Jim Dixon in Kingsley Amis's novel Lucky Jim (1954) (...) are all examples." Campus Novel - "Kingsley Amis has written several (including Lucky Jim, One Fat Fisherman, and Jake's Thing)." Informal Essay - "Later writers of the informal essay in England are A.C. Benson, G.K. Chesterton, E.V. Lucas, George Orwell, Malcolm Muggeridge, Laurie Lee, Kingsley Amis, and Clive James." Light Verse - Appears of list of authors that have practiced light poetry with "grace and honor." Movement, The - "The vague label was first applied by J.D. Scott in 1954 to a group of younger writers just then emerging into prominence: Kingsley Amis in fiction, light verse, and criticism; Philip Larkin in poetry; John Wain in a few poems and many novels; and Donald Davie in criticism and poetry." Postmodernist Period (English) - "Graham Greene, Kingsley Amis, and Lawrence Durrell continued to produce work typical of their younger days." Science Fiction - "Science fiction has been honored by a number of influential critics, such as J.O. Bailey, Kingsley Amis, Susan Sontag, and Frederic Jameson."