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Format: XII, 250 S. : , Ill.

ISBN: 978-0-7486-2771-4

Series Statement: The Edinburgh history of twentieth century literature in Britain 6

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-7486-5530-4

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-0-7486-5531-1

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF ISBN 978-0-7486-3166-7

Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

Keywords: Englisch ; Literatur

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Format: 1 online resource (256 p.) : , 10 B/W illustrations

ISBN: 9780748631667

Series Statement: The Edinburgh History of Twentieth-Century Literature in Britain : EH20CLB

Content: Challenges the myths about apathy and smugness surrounding British literature of the period.Alice Ferrebe's lively study rereads the decade and its literature as crucial in twentieth-century British history for its emergent and increasingly complicated politics of difference, as ideas about identity, authority and belonging were tested and contested. By placing a diverse selection of texts alongside those of the established canon of Movement and 'Angry' writing, a literary culture of true diversity and depth is brought into view. The volume characterises the 1950s as a time of confrontation with a range of concerns still avidly debated today, including immigration, education, the challenging behaviour of youth, nuclear threat, the post-industrial and post-imperial legacy, a consumerist economy and a feminist movement hampered by the perceivedly comprehensive nature of its recent success. Contrary to Jimmy Porter's defeatist judgement on his era in John Osborne's 1956 play Look Back in Anger, the volume upholds such concerns as 'good, brave causes' indeed. Timely reassessment of a decade and its literature too often dismissed as apathetic and uninspiringComprehensive contextual coverage, situating texts within the wider cultural, literary and social movements of the eraClose-readings of neglected texts interrogate and extend received judgements on creative activity in the periodTracing of defining themes across genres and national borders provides an innovative and truly inclusive studyKey Words: 1950s literature, politics of difference, Angry Young Men, Movement, literary history

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgements -- , Illustrations -- , General Editor’s Preface -- , 1. Introduction: ‘All this, and Everest too!’ -- , I. The Voice of the Young -- , 2. The Metaphorical Utility of Youth -- , 3. First Writing: 1950s Fiction -- , 4. Angering Aunt Edna: 1950s Theatre -- , II. The Less Deceived -- , 5. Women, Children and Home -- , 6. The Sensation of Movement: Poetry in the 1950s -- , 7. Evil Men: Literature and Homosexuality -- , III. Postwar Settlements -- , 8. Coming Home: The Literature of Immigration -- , 9. Organic Communities: Regional Literature -- , 10. The Scholarship Class: Literature and Social Mobility -- , IV. Other Uses of Literacy -- , 11. Criticism Under Scrutiny -- , 12. The Dedicated Man: Publishing, Media and Reviewing -- , 13. Where East Meets West: Literature, the New Left and the Cold War -- , 14. Conclusions: Decade Talk -- , Works Cited -- , Works Cited , In English.

Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

DOI: 10.1515/9780748631667

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748631667

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748631667

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748631667

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748631667

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Format: 1 online resource (265 p.)

ISBN: 0-7486-3166-6

Series Statement: The Edinburgh history of twentieth-century literature in Britain ; v. 6

Content: Challenges the myths about apathy and smugness surrounding British literature of the period. Alice Ferrebe's lively study rereads the decade and its literature as crucial in twentieth-century British history for its emergent and increasingly complicated politics of difference, as ideas about identity, authority and belonging were tested and contested. By placing a diverse selection of texts alongside those of the established canon of Movement and 'Angry' writing, a literary culture of true diversity and depth is brought into view. The volume characterises the 1950s as a time of confrontation w

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; General Editor's Preface; Chapter One Introduction: 'All this, and Everest too!'; I. The Voice of the Young; Chapter Two The Metaphorical Utility of Youth; Chapter Three First Writing: 1950s Fiction; Chapter Four Angering Aunt Edna: 1950s Theatre; II. The Less Deceived; Chapter Five Women, Children and Home; Chapter Six The Sensation of Movement: Poetry in the 1950s; Chapter Seven Evil Men: Literature and Homosexuality; III. Postwar Settlements; Chapter Eight Coming Home: The Literature of Immigration , Chapter Nine Organic Communities: Regional LiteratureChapter Ten The Scholarship Class: Literature and Social Mobility; IV. Other Uses of Literacy; Chapter Eleven Criticism Under Scrutiny; Chapter Twelve The Dedicated Man: Publishing, Media and Reviewing; Chapter Thirteen Where East Meets West: Literature, the New Left and the Cold War; Chapter Fourteen Conclusions: Decade Talk'; Works Cited; Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-322-98040-3

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-7486-2771-5

Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

DOI: 10.1515/9780748631667