Alan Hollinghurst and the Vitality of Influence

Allan Johnson is Assistant Professor in English at City University of Hong Kong. He has previously taught at Birkbeck, University of London and the University of Leeds.

Introduction 1. Influence, Image, and the Movement of Time 2. Sun-Worship and the Idolatry of Images: Derek Jarman, Philip Glass, and The Swimming-Pool Library 3. 'The Poets of Our Time': Lateness and Pedagogical Influence in The Folding Star 4. 'Almost Always': Influence, Ecstasy, and Architectural Imagination in The Spel 5. Spitting Images: Image, Text, and the Popular Press in The Line of Beauty 6. 'The Latter Days Sortes Virgilianae': Confirmation Bias and the Image of the Poet in The Stranger's Child Conclusion Bibliography Index