The Angry Young Men: A Literary Comedy of the 1950s - Softcover

Carpenter, Humphrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014100004X ISBN 13: 9780141000046

Publisher: Penguin, 2003

Synopsis

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 a perfect example of how the media both helps and ruins literature.
'He says it so disarmingly, with so much wit and scholarship, that conclusions don't really matter. What matters is what you learn on the way' Observer 1/9/02

About this title

Synopsis:

A "group biography" of the Angry Young Men - a journalistic catchphrase applied to writers like John Osborne, Kingsley Amis, Colin Wilson, John Braine, and John Wain, who shook up the cosy, stale cultural values of mid 1950s Britain. 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 an example of how the media can both help and ruin literature.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 014100004X
• ISBN 13: 9780141000046
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256