Blokes The Bad Boys of British Literature

by Castronovo, David

• ISBN13: 9781441169815
• ISBN10: 1441169814
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-06
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The blokes were writers who revitalized British drama, fiction, poetry, and criticism. When Britain was in the economic doldrums, when its supply of great authors was dwindling after World War II, they rebuilt a world-class reputation. Between the ea

Author Biography

David Castronovo is the author of Edmund Wilson (a New York Times Notable Book), Beyond the Gray Flannel Suit: Books from the 1950s that Made American Culture, Critic in Love: A Romantic Biography of Edmund Wilson (with Janet Groth), The English Gentleman, and other important works on literary subjects. He is C. Richard Pace Professor at Pace University, NY, and lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

The Bloke: A Very Short Literary History	p. 1
Philip Larkin	p. 25
Kingsley Amis	p. 52
John Osborne	p. 80
Kenneth Tynan	p. 107
Getting Their Own Back	p. 132
Literary Love, Circa 1960	p. 158
The Bloke's Progress	p. 170
Author's Note	p. 187
Index	p. 191
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