Blokes
Subtitle: the bad boys of English literature
By: David Castronovo.
Publisher: Continuum; Brand: Continuum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780826428325
Subjects: English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Political and social views; Male authors, English -- Attitudes; Social classes in literature; Reality in literature; Social problems in literature; Radicalism in literature
Other titles: Bad boys of English literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The bloke, a very short literary history; title: Philip Larkin; title: Kingsley Amis; title: John Osborne; title: Kenneth Tynan; title: Getting their own back:  Waine,  Hinde, Sillitoe, Braine; title: Literary love, circa 1960: Waterhouse, Barstow, Storey; title: Keeping up the spirit: Hornby, Martin, Amis, A.A. Gill.