Little White Bull takes a fresh look at the times before the day before yesterday, not the end times but the new beginnings, and tries to show how British fiction grappled with subjects as thorny and diverse as the impact of mass immigration and a new kind of rootless working-class character uncontained by previous conceptions of him or herself, and apparently ready to go to war over them. This exciting and readable book presents the fifties and sixties as a crucible of new departures, asking what remains and continues from those decades into the cultural present. It takes the form of a series of thematic essays each of which discusses the work of an individual or group of novelists. Writers examined in this book are Paul Ableman, Brian Aldiss, Kingsley Amis, J.G. Ballard, Lynn Reid Banks, John Berger, John Braine, Angela Carter, Nell Dunn, Gillian Freeman, Barry Hines, B.S. Johnson, Doris Lessing, Colin Macinnes, Michael Moorcock, Iris Murdoch, V.S. Naipaul, Bill Naughton, Edna O'Brien, Harold Pinter, Samuel Selvon, Alan Sillitoe, David Storey, Jack Trevor Story, Leslie Thomas, Alexander Trocchi, John Wain, Keith Waterhouse, Raymond Williams and Colin Wilson.
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This exciting and readable book presents the fifties and sixties as a crucible of new departures, asking what remains and continues from those decades into the cultural present. It takes the form of a series of thematic essays each of which discusses the work of an individual or group of novelists.
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Introduction : Raymond Williams, 'Representation' and British Fiction 1 Scary Monsters and Super Creeps : Alan Sillitoe and the Angry Young Men 2 Moving Up, Dressing Down : Edna O'Brien, Lynn Reid Banks, Nell Dunn 3 Looking for a Brand New Start : Colin MacInnes 4 Between the Ganges and the Nile : Samuel Selvon, V.S. Naipaul 5 Art and Documents : John Berger, B.S. Johnson 6 Up to Our Necks in Spunk and Bullets : Leslie Thomas 7 False Stars and Psychokillers : Colin Wilson, Alexander Trocchi, Paul Ableman, Harold Pinter 8 New Worlds, Old Hierarchies : Michael Moorcock, Angela Carter, Brian Aldiss, J.G. Ballard 9 Tally Boys and Media Tarts : Jack Trevor Story 10 Keith Waterhouse and the Land of Lost Content 11 The Bubble of Consciousness : Barry Hines 12 Gillian Freeman, Iris Murdoch and the Undergrowth of Class 13 David Storey and Bill Naughton : What's it all about? 14 Odd Man Out : Doris Lessing Conclusion : Down the Hatch Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781848613058
Publisert
2014-09-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Shearsman Books
Vekt
504 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
342
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