num_pages: 96
description: This volume covers the the wide-ranging historial, social and cultural developments since the end of World War II. The works of George Orwell, Samuel Beckett, Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood, Tom Stoppard, Salman Rushdie and others are examined for their depiction of this period.
language: English
title: Post-War Literature 1945 to the Present: English Literature in Its Historical, Cultural, and Social Contexts
titlecomplete: Post-War Literature 1945 to the Present: English Literature in Its Historical, Cultural, and Social Contexts (Backgrounds to English Literature)
publisher: Facts on File