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Elizabeth Young

Born

in Lagos, Nigeria

June 08, 1950

Died

March 18, 2001

Genre

Literary Criticism, Literature & Fiction

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Elizabeth Jesse Young was a London-based literary critic and author, who wrote principally on cult writers for a range of British newspapers and magazines. In particular she championed transgressive fiction, for which she received some criticism in the press, not least for her defence of A. M. Homes' The End of Alice, which dealt with themes of paedophilia from what was seen as an uncomfortably neutral perspective.

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Young received a Calvinist education in her parents' native Scotland, before discovering at the age of 11 the works of Nelson Algren, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. The enduring fascination with the Beats was to stay wi ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 144 ratings · 20 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Pandora's Handbag : Adventures in the Book World 4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shopping in Space: Essays on America's Blank Generation Fiction by Elizabeth Young, Graham Caveney 3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intoxication: An Anthology of Stimulant-Based Writing by Toni Davidson (editor), Stewart Home (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Gordon Legge (contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Time Out Book Of New York Short Stories by Nicholas Royle (Editor), Lynne Tillman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jonathan Carroll (Contributor) 3.46 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Time Out Book of London Short Stories by Nicholas Royle (Editor), Conrad Williams (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Rhonda Carrier (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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