British culture of the postwar: an introduction to literature and society, 1945-1999
by Davies, Alistair Sinfield, Alan
This work should be a helpful starting point for those studying cultural developments in Britain during the second half of the 20th century. Chapters on individual people and art forms give an overview of the progression of different genres at the time.
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- Full title :British culture of the postwar : an introduction to literature and society, 1945-1999 / edited by Alistair Davies and Alan Sinfield.
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This work should be a helpful starting point for those studying cultural developments in Britain during the second half of the 20th century. Chapters on individual people and art forms give an overview of the progression of different genres at the time.
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- Publication Date:2000.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2000.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 211 p. : : ill. ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780415128117, 9780415128100, 0415128102, 0415128110
- oclc:on1058004105
- LC Classification:PR478.S57
- Dewey Decimal:306/.0941/09045
Table of Contents
Pt. I. From imperial to post-imperial Britain -- 1. Disunited kingdom: Irish, Scottish and Welsh writing in the postwar period / Siobhan Kilfeather -- 2. Migration and mutability: the twice born fiction of Salman Rushdie / Minoli Salgado -- Pt. II. From Welfare state to free market -- 3. After feminism: Pat Barker, Penelope Lively and the contemporary novel / Margaretta Jolly -- 4. Culture, consensus and difference: Angus Wilson to Alan Hollinghurst / Alan Sinfield -- Pt. III. Britain, Europe and Americanisation -- 5. A cinema in between: postwar British cinema / Alistair Davies -- 6. Faltering at the line: Auden and postwar British culture / Alistair Davies -- Pt. IV. Class, consumption and cultural institutions -- 7. Art in postwar Britain: a short history of the ICA / Nannette Aldred -- 8. Drama in the culture industry: British theatre after 1945 / Drew Milne -- 9. Resting on laurels / Andrew Crozier.
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