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The Routledge concise history of twentieth-century British literature / Ashley Dawson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dawson, Ashley, 1965- author.
- Series:
- Routledge concise histories of literature series.
- Routledge concise histories of literature series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Concise history of twentieth-century British literature
- History of twentieth-century British literature
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In The Routledge Companion to Twentieth-Century British Literature Ashley Dawson identifies the key British writers and texts, shaped by era-defining cultural and historical events and movements from the period. He provides:Analysis of works by a diverse range of influential authorsExamination of the cultural and literary impact of crucial historical, social, political and cultural eventsDiscussion of Britain's imperial status in the century and the diversification of the nation through Black and Asian British LiteratureReaders are also
- Contents:
- Popular cultures and the paradoxes of progress
- Avant-gardes
- Varieties of high modernism
- Late modern radicalism
- The finest hours
- Counter-cultures
- The conservative restoration
- Millennial cultures.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-12302-0
- 0-203-07597-8
- 1-283-89450-5
- 1-135-12303-9
- 9780203075975
- OCLC:
- 823389757
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