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UNINA9910825303903321 |
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Autore |
Sinfield Alan |
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Titolo |
Literature, politics and culture in postwar Britain / / Alan Sinfield |
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London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2004, c1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-4411-8559-3 |
1-283-12303-7 |
9786613123039 |
1-4411-7913-5 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (436 pages) |
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Collana |
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Continuum impacts |
Classic criticism series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 - Influence |
Great Britain Civilization 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published by the Athlone Press, 1997. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on notes; A new introduction - Ideology and Commitment: A Personal Account; Foreword to the Second Edition; The politics and cultures of discord (1997); 1 Introduction; 2 War stories; 3 Literature and cultural production; 4 Class/culture/welfare; 5 Queers, treachery and the literary establishment; 6 Freedom and the Cold War; 7 Cultural plunder and the savage within; 8 Making a scene; 9 Reinventing Modernism; 10 Women writing: Sylvia Plath; 11 The rise of Left-culturism; 12 Intellectuals and workers; 13 The ways we live now; List of books and articles cited; Indexes |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Literature, Politics and Culture in Postwar Britain is a landmark work in contemporary literary and cultural analysis. It offers a provocative and brilliant account of political change since 1945 and how such change shaped the cultural output of our time. It also looks at how and when literature intersects with other cultural forms - including jazz and rock |
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