Screen LibraryHistory of English literature. Volume 8, From the late inter-war years to 2010 /
"Volume 8 continues with the 1920s, when the Depression, the Spanish Civil War, Fascist dictatorships, and the threat of a second war challenged apolitical Modernism. Poets led by Auden, novelists like Orwell and figures such as Lawrence of Arabia defined the period. By the end of the Second Wo...
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Peter Lang,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English Italian |
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| Summary: |
"Volume 8 continues with the 1920s, when the Depression, the Spanish Civil War, Fascist dictatorships, and the threat of a second war challenged apolitical Modernism. Poets led by Auden, novelists like Orwell and figures such as Lawrence of Arabia defined the period. By the end of the Second World War, a realist, satirical or comic tradition resurfaces in the novel, while in poetry the affirmation of a pre-war neo-Romantic vein, especially with Dylan Thomas, is reacted against by various movements that lead poetry back to the common man. Two important years are 1952, when Waiting for Godot by Beckett is staged, and 1956, when Look Back in Anger by Osborne gives life to the 'angry' novel and theatre. Extensive discussions not only of writers now become classics (Doris Lessing, Iris Murdoch, Heaney, Hill and Ted Hughes) but also of other leading ones (such as Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis and Ian McEwan) are included"-- |
| Item Description: | Book 1: translated from the Italian by Alexander Gillan ; book 2: translated from the Italian by Ciaran Durkan and Denis Gailor. |
| Carrier Form: | 2 volumes ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781789974010 1789974011 9781789974027 178997402X 9781789974034 1789974038 |
| Index Number: | PR97 |
| CLC: | I561.06 |
| Call Number: | I561.06/M389/v.8 |