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The Angry Young Men Humphrey Carpenter

The Angry Young Men By Humphrey Carpenter

The Angry Young Men by Humphrey Carpenter


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Summary

Discussing writers such as Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, John Osborne, John Braine and others, this text offers a picture of Britain in the 1950s. Above all, it seeks to show how the media can both help and ruin literature.

The Angry Young Men Summary

The Angry Young Men: A Literary Comedy of the 1950s by Humphrey Carpenter

There may be more important literary movements than the Angry Young Men but there can be few as consciously (or unconsciously) entertaining. The Angry Young Men were an absurdly diverse group, often wildly at odds and, indeed, often wholly unacquainted with each other. This cavalcade of misunderstandings, wild statements, mediocrity and genuine achievement can now be seen as the first and most perfect example of how the media both helps and ruins literature. Humphrey Carpenter's extremely funny new book celebrates the strange group of varying talents who at different times were believed to be Angry Young Men.

About Humphrey Carpenter

Humphrey Carpenter's books include biographies of Benjamin Britten, Dennis Potter and J R R Tolkein as well as the hugely successful Mr Majeika children's books. He lives in Oxford.

Additional information

GOR001888561
9780713995329
0713995327
The Angry Young Men: A Literary Comedy of the 1950s by Humphrey Carpenter
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
2002-09-16
256
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