Alan Sinfield (ed.)

British Culture of the Post-War

An Introduction to Literature and Society 1945-1999
Herausgeber: Davies, Alastair; Sinfield, Alan

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 139mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9780415128117
• ISBN-10: 0415128110
• Artikelnr.: 21185034

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. From Imperial to Post-imperial Britain. Disunited Kingdom:
Irish Scottish and Welsh Writing in the Post-War Period. Migration and
Mutability: The Twice Born Fiction of Salman Rushdie. From Welfare State to
Free-Market. After Feminism: Pat Barker, Penelope Lively and the
Contemporary Novel. Culture, Consensus and Difference. Britain, Europe and
Americanisation. A Cinema In Between: Post-War British Cinema. Faltering at
the Line: Auden and Post-War British Culture. Culture, Consumption and
Cultural Institutions. Art in Post-war Britain: A Short History of the ICA.
Drama in the Culture Industry: British Theatre After 1945. Resting on
Laurels.