British Culture of the Post-War: An Introduction to Literature and Society 1945-1999 - Softcover

Sinfield, Alan; Davies, Alastair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415128110 ISBN 13: 9780415128117

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

The ideal starting point for stuents of recent cultural developments in Britain.

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From the Back Cover:

The second half of the twentieth century was a period which saw huge political, social, technological and economic changes. These upheavals are mediated in often controversial innovations in literature, art, and cinema.

From Angus Wilson to Pat Barker and Salman Rushdie, British Culture of the Postwar is an ideal starting point for those studying these 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 relationships 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 comprehensive introduction to this turbulent and exciting period, and a greater understanding of the cultural production arising from it.

About the Author:

Alistair Davies teaches literature and film at the University of Sussex. He has published widely on British modernism, modernist poetics and contemporary literature.
Alan Sinfield is professor of English at the University of Sussex. His recent publications include Literature, politics and Culture in Postwar Britiain (1997) and Out on Stage (1999).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415128110
• ISBN 13: 9780415128117
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224