Title British culture of the postwar : an introduction to literature and society, 1945-1999 / edited by Alistair Davies and Alan Sinfield

Published London : Routledge, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : illustrations Contents Disunited kingdom : Irish, Scottish and Welsh writing in the postwar period / Siobhán Kilfeather -- Migration and mutability : the twice born fiction of Salman Rushdie / Minoli Salgado -- After feminism : Pat Barker, Penelope Lively and the contemporary novel / Margaretta Jolly -- Culture, consensus and difference : Angus Wilson to Alan Hollinghurst / Alan Sinfield -- A cinema in between : postwar British cinema / Alistair Davies -- Faltering at the line : Auden and postwar British culture / Alistair Davies -- Art in postwar Britain : a short history of the ICA / Nannette Aldred -- Drama in the culture industry : British theatre after 1945 / Drew Milne -- Resting on laurels / Andrew Crozier Summary From Angus Wilson to Pat Barker and Salman Rushdie, British Culture of the Post-War is an ideal starting point for those studying cultural developments in Britain of recent years. Chapters on individual people and art forms give a clear and concise overview of the progression of different genres. They also discuss the wider issues of Britain's relationship with America and Europe, and the idea of Britishness. Each section is introduced with a short discussion of the major historical events of the period. Read as a whole, British Culture of the Postwar will give students a Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war. World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence. Social problems in literature. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Civilization English literature Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Literature and society Social conditions Social problems in literature War and literature Letterkunde. Maatschappij. Tweede Wereldoorlog. Invloed. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056945 Great Britain -- Civilization -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056627 Subject Great Britain Großbritannien Gro€britannien. Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Davies, Alistair Sinfield, Alan ISBN 9781135100087 113510008X 9780203351970 0203351975 9781135100223 1135100225 9781135100155 1135100152 1299478956 9781299478954

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