K. Curran

Cynicism in British Post-War Culture (eBook, PDF)

Ignorance, Dust and Disease

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137444356
• Artikelnr.: 42110806

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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