UID:
almahu_9948592313702882
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web.
ISBN:
9780810316379
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0810316374
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 15
Content:
Contains biographical sketches of important British novelists who flourished during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s whose work represent: world economic depression, World War II, and for the British the rapid decline of both economic and political power associated with the dissolution of the empire.
Note:
Part 1 -- Kingsley Amis (1922-) - Samuel Beckett (1906-) - Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) - John Braine (1922-) - Joyce Cary (1888-1957) - C. Day Lewis (1904-1972) - Nigel Dennis (1912-) - Lawrence Durrell (1912-) - Roy Fuller (1912-) - Brian Glanville (1931-) - Oliver St. John Gogarty (18178-1957) - William Golding (1911-) - Henry Green (1905-1973) - Graham Greene (1904-) - Neil M. Gunn (1891-1973) - L. P. Hartley (1895-1972) - Richard Hughes (1900-1976) - Emyr Humphreys (1919-) - Christopher Isherwood (1904-) - Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-) - Glyn Jones (1905-) - Gwyn Jones (1907-) - Lewis Jones (1897-1939) - Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967) - Benedict Kiely (1919-) - Francis King (1923-) - Mary Lavin (1912-) - Rosamond Lehmann (1901-) - Doris Lessing (1919-) - C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) - Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) - Richard Llewellyn (1906-) - Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957).
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Part 2 -- Wolf Mankowitz (1924-) - Michael McLaverty 91907-) - James Leslie Mitchell (Lewis Grassic Gibbon) (1901-1935) - Nicholas Monsarrat 91910-1979) - L. H. Myers (1881-1944) - P. H. Newby (1918-) - Kate O'Brien (1897-1974) - Sean O'Faolain (1900-) -- George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) (1903-1950) - Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) - Anthony Powell (1905-) - John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) - V. S. Pritchett (1900-) - C. P. Snow (1905-1980) - Muriel Spark (1918-) - Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) - Gwyn Thomas (1913-1981) - J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) - Honor Tracy 91913-) - Alexander Trocchi (1925-) - John Wain (1925-) - Rex Warner (1905-) - Keith Waterhouse (1929-) - Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) - Anthony West (1914-) - Angus Wilson (1913-) - Representative Men and Women: A Historical Perspective on the British Novel, 1930-1960 - Literary Effects of World War II - Sex. Class, Politics, and Religion - The 'Angry Young Men' - The Comic Tradition Continued - Literary Prizes - Fiction Into Film, 1928-1975.
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
