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008 100309s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2010008348
020 _a9781408204740 (alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aPR478.S57
_bM39 2010
082 _a822.33
100 1 _aMay, William,
_d1982-
245 1 0 _aPostwar literature, 1950 to 1990 /
_cWilliam May.
260 _aNew York :
_bPearson Longman,
_c2010.
300 _aiv, 299 p. ;
_c21 cm.
490 0 _aYork notes companions
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- A cultural overview -- Texts, writers, and contexts. The moral novel: William Golding, Iris Murdoch and Muriel Spark; Extended commentary: Iris Murdoch, The black prince (1973); The postmodern novel: Julian Barnes, Angela Carter and Graham Swift; Extended commentary: Angela Carter, Nights at the circus (1984); The modern lyric: Philip Larkin, Sylvia Plath and Stevie Smith; Extended commentary: Stevie Smith, Thoughts about the person from Porlock (1962); The bardic line: Tony Harrison, Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes; Extended commentary: Tony Harrison, V. (1985); Social dramas: Edward Bond, John Osborne and Caryl Churchill; Extended commentary: Caryl Churchill, Cloud nine (1979); New stages:Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard; Extended commentary: Harold Pinter, The room -- Critical theories and debates. Nostalgia and national identity; Immigrants and exiles; Class and education; Sex and identity -- References and resources -- Timeline -- Further reading.
650 0 _aEnglish literature
_y20th century
_xHistory and criticism
_vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650 0 _aLiterature and society
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xCivilization
_y1945-
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