Complex sentence: The introduction contrasts the year 1992 artistic climate to the early 1970s when Hamilton's first book was published, the text starts from Hamilton's childhood, and proceeds chronologically through his career in a fairly prosaic manner, but including also much subjective content.
Split into simpler sentences: The introduction contrasts the year 1992 artistic climate to the early 1970s when Hamilton's first book was published. The text starts from Hamilton's childhood, and proceeds chronologically through his career in a fairly prosaic manner, but including also much subjective content.