Blokes

The Bad Boys of British Literature

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

The blokes were writers who revitalized British drama, fiction, poetry, and criticism. When Britain was in the economic doldrums, when its supply of great authors was dwindling after World War II, they rebuilt a world-class reputation. Between the early 1950s and the early 1970s, Britain had a great transformation. The blokes were writers who revitalized British drama, fiction, poetry, and criticism. When Britain was in the economic doldrums, when its supply of great authors was dwindling after World War II, they rebuilt a world-class reputation. Between the early 1950s and the early 1970s, Britain had a great transformation. This book is the story, told in a series of profiles (made out of facts, creative scenes, opinion), of New Britannia. The cast of characters includes playwrights John Osborne and Arnold Wesker, novelist Kingsley Amis, critic Kenneth Tynan, poet Philip Larkin, fiction writer Alan Sillitoe, plus lesser-known figures such as John Braine, David Storey, Stan Barstow, Keith Waterhouse, and Shelagh Delaney.The central idea of this book is how these writers, and others, transformed British heritage - how they worked with the materials of their own backgrounds, the class system, tradition, and artistic convention to make new art. They took their place in a long line of writers who thrived in grit: Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Bernard Shaw, and D. H. Lawrence.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-06-01
Mått:143 x 223 x 15 mm
Vikt:308 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN:9781441169815

Utforska kategorier

Biografi: författare och journalister inom Biografier
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

David Castronovo is the author of Edmund Wilson (a New York Times Notable Book), Beyond the Gray Flannel Suit: Books from the 1950s that Made American Culture, Critic in Love: A Romantic Biography of Edmund Wilson (with Janet Groth), The English Gentleman, and other important works on literary subjects. He is C. Richard Pace Professor at Pace University, NY, and lives in New York City.

Recensioner i media

"David Castronovo...has set out to find a more satisfactory collective term for the writers of the Amis/Osbourne generation and their successors. The principle exhibits in his book are the works of Amis, Osbourne, the poet Philip Larkin and theatre critic Kenneth Tynan, as well as the writers themselves." The Wall Street Journal Professor David Castronovo of Pace University in New York, is not only superbly well-informed on his subject but has a flair for analyzing it in a uniquely revealing fashion. He is adept at putting these authors in context - politically, culturally, and philosophically - and the unusual thing about this process is that it results in a whole new way of seeing who these writers really were and how and why they evolved at this point in time." The Washington Times"

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter One: The Bloke, A Very Short Literary History; Chapter Two: Philip Larkin; Chapter Three: Kingsley Amis; Chapter Four: John Osborne; Chapter Five: Kenneth Tynan; Chapter Six: Getting Their Own Back: Waine, Hinde, Sillitoe, Braine; Chapter Seven: Literary Love, Circa 1960: Waterhouse, Barstow, Storey; Chapter Eight: The Bloke's Progress: Hornby, Martin Amis, A.A. Gill; Author's Note.