Literature of the 1950s : good, brave causes / Alice Ferrebe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferrebe, Alice, 1970-

Series:

Edinburgh history of twentieth-century literature in Britain ; v. 6.

The Edinburgh history of twentieth-century literature in Britain ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Challenges the myths about apathy and smugness surrounding British literature of the period. Alice Ferrebe's lively study rereads the decade and its literature as crucial in twentieth-century British history for its emergent and increasingly complicated politics of difference, as ideas about identity, authority and belonging were tested and contested. By placing a diverse selection of texts alongside those of the established canon of Movement and 'Angry' writing, a literary culture of true diversity and depth is brought into view. The volume characterises the 1950s as a time of confrontation w

Contents:

COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; General Editor's Preface; Chapter One Introduction: 'All this, and Everest too!'; I. The Voice of the Young; Chapter Two The Metaphorical Utility of Youth; Chapter Three First Writing: 1950s Fiction; Chapter Four Angering Aunt Edna: 1950s Theatre; II. The Less Deceived; Chapter Five Women, Children and Home; Chapter Six The Sensation of Movement: Poetry in the 1950s; Chapter Seven Evil Men: Literature and Homosexuality; III. Postwar Settlements; Chapter Eight Coming Home: The Literature of Immigration

Chapter Nine Organic Communities: Regional LiteratureChapter Ten The Scholarship Class: Literature and Social Mobility; IV. Other Uses of Literacy; Chapter Eleven Criticism Under Scrutiny; Chapter Twelve The Dedicated Man: Publishing, Media and Reviewing; Chapter Thirteen Where East Meets West: Literature, the New Left and the Cold War; Chapter Fourteen Conclusions: Decade Talk'; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-3166-6

OCLC:

795695173