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Author Dawson, Ashley

Title The Routledge Concise History of Twentieth-Century British Literature
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (241 pages)
Series Routledge Concise Histories of Literature
Routledge Concise Histories of Literature
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Timeline -- Introduction -- 1 Popular culture and the paradoxes of progress -- 2 Avant-gardes -- 3 Varieties of high modernism -- 4 Late modern radicalism -- 5 The finest hours -- 6 Countercultures -- 7 The conservative restoration -- 8 Millennial cultures -- Glossary of terms -- Guide to further reading -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary In The Routledge Companion to Twentieth-Century British Literature Ashley Dawson identifies the key British writers and texts, shaped by era-defining cultural and historical events and movements from the period. He provides:Analysis of works by a diverse range of influential authorsExamination of the cultural and literary impact of crucial historical, social, political and cultural eventsDiscussion of Britain's imperial status in the century and the diversification of the nation through Black and Asian British LiteratureReaders are also
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Subject English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781135123031
1135123039