This book is the first academic text to examine cynicism as a driving force in the context of post-war British culture. It maps a sensibility that transcends divisions between high and low culture, and encompasses figures such as Philip Larkin, John Lennon and Stephen Patrick Morrissey.
This book is the first academic text to examine cynicism as a driving force in the context of post-war British culture. It maps a sensibility that transcends divisions between high and low culture, and encompasses figures such as Philip Larkin, John Lennon and Stephen Patrick Morrissey.
Kieran Curran is from Galway in the west of Ireland. He is a scholar of Cultural Studies and currently works in the English Literature department at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Annus Mirabilis - Philip Larkin 2. Work Is A Curse - John Wain/Kingsley Amis/Iris Murdoch 3. Just Another Sunday Evening - John Osborne/Jazz 4. That's What I'm Not - British New Wave Cinema 5. I've Heard Of Politics, But This Is Ridiculous - TV Satire/Comedy 6. Bed Peace - John Lennon 7. Quiet Riot - Stephen Poliakoff 8. No Future/No Alternative - Punk and The Cynic Sensibility 9. Before The Moon Falls - The Fall 10. Somehow That Really Impressed Me - The Smiths Conclusion
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Annus Mirabilis – Philip Larkin 2. Work Is A Curse – John Wain/Kingsley Amis/Iris Murdoch 3. Just Another Sunday Evening – John Osborne/Jazz 4. That's What I'm Not – British New Wave Cinema 5. I've Heard Of Politics, But This Is Ridiculous – TV Satire/Comedy 6. Bed Peace – John Lennon 7. Quiet Riot – Stephen Poliakoff 8. No Future/No Alternative – Punk and The Cynic Sensibility 9. Before The Moon Falls – The Fall 10. Somehow That Really Impressed Me – The Smiths Conclusion
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Annus Mirabilis - Philip Larkin 2. Work Is A Curse - John Wain/Kingsley Amis/Iris Murdoch 3. Just Another Sunday Evening - John Osborne/Jazz 4. That's What I'm Not - British New Wave Cinema 5. I've Heard Of Politics, But This Is Ridiculous - TV Satire/Comedy 6. Bed Peace - John Lennon 7. Quiet Riot - Stephen Poliakoff 8. No Future/No Alternative - Punk and The Cynic Sensibility 9. Before The Moon Falls - The Fall 10. Somehow That Really Impressed Me - The Smiths Conclusion
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Annus Mirabilis – Philip Larkin 2. Work Is A Curse – John Wain/Kingsley Amis/Iris Murdoch 3. Just Another Sunday Evening – John Osborne/Jazz 4. That's What I'm Not – British New Wave Cinema 5. I've Heard Of Politics, But This Is Ridiculous – TV Satire/Comedy 6. Bed Peace – John Lennon 7. Quiet Riot – Stephen Poliakoff 8. No Future/No Alternative – Punk and The Cynic Sensibility 9. Before The Moon Falls – The Fall 10. Somehow That Really Impressed Me – The Smiths Conclusion
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