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This book takes a fresh look at English fiction produced in the 1950s. By looking at a range of authors, some canonical, some less well known, it shows that the novel of the period was far more diverse and formally experimental than previous accounts have suggested. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary literary and cultural theories, the author examines the way in which issues and anxieties in 1950s society were articulated and addressed in fiction. These issues include the reformulation of Englishness in a rapidly decolonizing world; anxieties about immigration, racism, class and classlessness; new configurations of gender; and the fear of the Americanization of working-class culture, especially in the way it appeared to be influencing English youth. The first part of the book identifies some of these anxieties, and the response to them in non-fiction and writing by the emerging New Left. The second part contains a theoretically informed reading of important Fifties novels by Kingsley Amis, John Wain, Muriel Spark, Alan Sillitoe, Colin MacInnes and Sam Selvon.

English literature --- English fiction --- Littérature anglaise --- --1950-1960 --- --Histoire et critique --- --History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- 820-31 "19" --- Engelse literatuur: novel; roman--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 820-31 "19" Engelse literatuur: novel; roman--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Literature and society --- Political fiction, American --- Politics and literature --- Radicalism in literature --- Social problems in literature --- History and criticism --- History --- English literature - 20th century - History and criticism --- English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- IDENTITE COLLECTIVE --- LITTERATURE ET SOCIETE --- POLITIQUE ET LITTERATURE --- RADICALISME DANS LA LITTERATURE --- Littérature --- emigration et immigration --- 20e siècle --- GRANDE-BRETAGNE --- 20E SIECLE --- Aspect social --- Grande-Bretagne --- Émigration et immigration

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This critical guide introduces major novelists and themes in British fiction from 1975 to 2005. It engages with concepts such as postmodernism, feminism, gender and the postcolonial, and examines the place of fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture. A comprehensive Introduction provides a historical context for the study of contemporary British fiction by detailing significant social, political and cultural events. This is followed by five chapters organised around the core themes:. (1) Narrative Forms, (2) Contemporary Ethnicities, (3) Gender and Sexuality, (4) History, Memory

English fiction --- History and criticism --- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. --- English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism. --- English fiction. --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism --- English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism --- History and criticism.

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Roman anglais --- Littérature anglaise --- Histoire et critique --- 820-3 "19" --- Engelse literatuur: proza--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 820-3 "19" Engelse literatuur: proza--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Histoire et critique. --- English literature

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This collection explores the representation, articulation and construction of youth subcultures in a range of texts and contexts. It brings together scholars working in literary studies, screen studies, sociology and cultural studies whose research interests lie in the aesthetics and cultural politics of youth. It contributes to, and extends, contemporary theoretical perspectives around youth and youth cultures. Contributors examine a range of topics, including ‘bad girl’ fiction of the 1950s, novels by subcultural writers such as Colin MacInnes, Alex Wheatle and Courttia Newland, as well as screen representations of Mods, the 1990s Rave culture, heavy metal, and the Manchester scene. Others explore interventions into subcultural theory with respect to metal, subcultural locations, abjection, graffiti cultures, and the potential of subcultures to resist dominant power frameworks in both historical and contemporary contexts.

Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Sociology of culture --- Age group sociology --- English literature --- World history --- History of civilization --- History --- sociologie --- cultuur --- cultuurgeschiedenis --- geschiedenis --- sociale geschiedenis --- culturele antropologie --- jongerencultuur --- Wheatle, Alex --- Newland, Courttia --- MacInnes, Colin