The 1960s
A Decade of Modern British Fiction
Philip Tew, James Riley, Melanie Seddon, Philip Tew, James Riley, Melanie Seddon
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The 1960s
A Decade of Modern British Fiction
Philip Tew, James Riley, Melanie Seddon, Philip Tew, James Riley, Melanie Seddon
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How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during and leading up to the 1960s shape modern British fiction? The 1960s were the "swinging decade": a newly energised youth culture went hand-in-hand with new technologies, expanding educational opportunities, new social attitudes and profound political differences between the generations. This volume explores the ways in which these apparently seismic changes were reflected in British fiction of the decade. Chapters cover feminist writing that fused the personal and the political, gay, lesbian and immigrant voices and the work of visionary experimental and science fiction writers.
A major critical re-evaluation of the decade, this volume covers such writers as J.G. Ballard, Anthony Burgess, A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, John Fowles, Christopher Isherwood, Doris Lessing, Michael Moorcock and V.S. Naipaul.