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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 Post-War is an ideal starting point for those studying cultural developments in Britain of revent 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. Nanette Aldred, Andrew Crozier, Alistair Davies, Margaretta Jolly, Siobhan Kilfeather, Drew Milne, Minoli Salgdo, Alan Sinfield
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 Post-War is an ideal starting point for those studying cultural developments in Britain of revent 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. Nanette Aldred, Andrew Crozier, Alistair Davies, Margaretta Jolly, Siobhan Kilfeather, Drew Milne, Minoli Salgdo, Alan Sinfield
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.
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).
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