Postwar literature, 1950 to 1990 /
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New York :
Pearson Longman,
2010.
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| Series: | York notes companions.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 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.