Literature, Culture and Society in Postwar England, 1945-1965

Literature, Culture and Society in Postwar England, 1945-1965 is a study of how writers from very different backgrounds represented the changes taking place in English society after the Second World War. Originally published in 2002, this book gives original, detailed readings of neglected traditions of working-class writing, women's writing, and black writing in England, and explores how these writers dealt with the contentious issues of class, gender, sexuality, and race which began to become visible as fissures in a society slowly recovering from war. Dr John Brannigan is senior lecturer in English literature in University College Dublin. He is the author of several books on modern Irish and English writing, including books on Brendan Behan (2002), Pat Barker (2005), and on Race in Modern Irish Literature and Culture (2009). He is currently working on a book about how twentieth-century writers in the British Isles explored ideas about place, environment, and habitation.