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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
The Edinburgh history of twentieth-century literature in Britain ; v. 6
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Edinburgh history of twentieth-century literature in Britain ; v. 6.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
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. |
Contents |
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. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Social conditions. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: Ferrebe, Alice. Literature of the 1950s: Good, Brave Causes, Volume 6. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012 9780748627714 |
ISBN |
9780748631667 (electronic book) |
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0748631666 (electronic book) |
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