Wartime and aftermath
Subtitle: English literature and its background, 1939-60
By: Bernard Bergonzi.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Literature and the war; World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Influence; War stories, English -- History and criticism; War poetry, English -- History and criticism
Description: This new survey of the writers of the wartime and postwar period reveals how literature in Britain was affected by the most devastating war in history, how it engaged with public events and private feelings during the fighting and throughout the long aftermath of recovery. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, Bernard Bergonzi discusses the work of such writers as Graham Greene, Elizabeth Bowen, Evelyn Waugh, and Joyce Cary, and the immense popularity of T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, and other poets during the war years. He also provides a full examination of the new literary figures who emerged in the wake of the conflict, including Angus Wilson, Philip Larkin, Iris Murdoch, and William Golding.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-223) and index.
"An OPUS book".