20th century writing british workin - g class

Klappentext Drawing extensively on the theoretical insights of Raymond Williams and the British cultural studies tradition to challenge suggestions that class is no longer relevant for literary analysis! this book examines how the lives and experiences of working-class people have changed over the past century and how these changes have been depicted and explored in a range of fictional and nonfictional texts. Kirk discusses representations of the British working class in a range of writing! from Alan Bleasdale and James Kelman to Pat Barker and Jeanette Winterson. He also offers a comparative study of two other key periods when the question of class loomed large: the 1930s and the postwar age of affluence. Zusammenfassung An examination of representations of the British working class in 20th-century literature and film. John Kirk reasserts the importance of class as a category of critical analysis through a wide-ranging discussion of the changing nature! status and ideological concerns of working-class writing.

Product details

• Authors: John Kirk, Kirk John
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2004
• EAN: 9780708318133
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-1813-3
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 225 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Film, British, Literature, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, English, Class, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Films, cinema, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Century, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Working, Twentieth