Will Self: A Critical Dictionary

Dr Jeannette Baxter,a senior lecturer in English atAnglia Ruskin University, was one of the contributors to Will Self and the Art of the Contemporaryin March, the first conference on the work of Will Self. Here she introduces her Critical Dictionary:

Critical Dictionary: Or My Idea of Fun by Jeannette Baxter

“A dictionary begins when it no longer gives the meanings of words but their tasks.” –Georges Bataille

“Surreal” has become something of a standard term for reviewers when describing the wri...