ISBN:
9781135100087
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113510008X
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (x, 211 pages)
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illustrations
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als British culture of the postwar
DDC:
306.094109045
Schlagwort(e):
English literature History and criticism
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20th century
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Literature and society History
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20th century
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Great Britain
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World War, 1939-1945 Literature and the war
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World War, 1939-1945 Influence
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Social problems in literature
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World War, 1939-1945 Influence
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World War, 1939-1945 Literature and the war
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English literature History and criticism 20th century
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Literature and society History 20th century
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Civilization
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English literature
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Literature and society
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Social conditions
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Social problems in literature
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War and literature
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Letterkunde
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Maatschappij
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Tweede Wereldoorlog
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Invloed
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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History
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Great Britain Social conditions
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1945-
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Great Britain Civilization
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1945-
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Gro→britannien
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Great Britain
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Great Britain Social conditions 1945-
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Great Britain Civilization 1945-
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Great Britain
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Großbritannien
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Gro€britannien
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Electronic books
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Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc
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History
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
Kurzfassung:
Disunited kingdom : Irish, Scottish and Welsh writing in the postwar period / Siobhán Kilfeather -- Migration and mutability : the twice born fiction of Salman Rushdie / Minoli Salgado -- After feminism : Pat Barker, Penelope Lively and the contemporary novel / Margaretta Jolly -- Culture, consensus and difference : Angus Wilson to Alan Hollinghurst / Alan Sinfield -- A cinema in between : postwar British cinema / Alistair Davies -- Faltering at the line : Auden and postwar British culture / Alistair Davies -- Art in postwar Britain : a short history of the ICA / Nannette Aldred -- Drama in the culture industry : British theatre after 1945 / Drew Milne -- Resting on laurels / Andrew Crozier.
Kurzfassung:
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 recent 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 relationship 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
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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