01461nam a22001817a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200250009110000190011624500610013526000390019630000260023536500620026152009120032365000440123520230107111358.0230103b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781137611932  cAL  aeng  223a820.900914bBRAO  aJohn Brannigan  aOrwell to the presentb: Literature in england 1945-2000  aNew YorkbPalgrave Macmillanc2017  ax,244p.bPBc21x13cm.  2Generala1834b₹463.00c₹d₹545.00e15%f12-12-2022  aThis essential introductory guide provides a comprehensive critical survey of the diverse and rich body of literary writing produced in England in the postwar period. John Brannigan explores the relationship between literature and history, and analyses how poets, playwrights and novelists have revisited notions of Englishness, represented Englands of the past, and sought to make new 'maps' of English culture and society.
Orwell to the Present: Literature in England, 1945-2000 combines original readings of familiar texts with wide-ranging explorations of the principal themes and historical and cultural contexts of literature since the end of the Second World War. Writers considered in detail include: Martin Amis, Simon Armitage, Pat Barker, John Betjeman, Edward Bond, Angela Carter, Margaret Drabble, Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Jean Rhys, Salman Rushdie, Sam Selvon, Graham Swift and Evelyn Waugh  2History & CriticismaEnglish Literature