Publication

2003 - Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

Language

English

Word Count

61,000 words, Guess

Page Count

244 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC820.9/00914
  • LCCPR471 .B68 2003

Description

"This essential introductory guide provides a comprehensive critical survey of the diverse and rich body of literary writing produced in England in the postwar period. John Brannigan explores the relationship between literature and history, and analyses how poets, playwrights and novelists have revisited notions of Englishness, represented Englands of the past, and sought to make new 'maps' of English culture and society." "Orwell to the Present Literature in England, 1945-2000 combines original readings of familiar texts with wide-ranging explorations of the principal themes and historical and cultural contexts of literature since the end of the Second World War. Writers considered in detail include: Martin Amis, Simon Armitage, Pat Barker, John Betjeman, Edward Bond, Angela Carter, Margaret Drabble, Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Jean Rhys, Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift and Evelyn Waugh."--Jacket.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Transitions

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