Cynicism in British Post-War Culture Ignorance, Dust and Disease [Hardcover]

This book is the first academic text to examine cynicism as a driving force in the context of post-war British culture. It maps a sensibility that transcends divisions between high and low culture, and encompasses figures such as Philip Larkin, John Lennon and Stephen Patrick Morrissey.Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Annus Mirabilis  Philip Larkin 2. Work Is A Curse  John Wain/Kingsley Amis/Iris Murdoch 3. Just Another Sunday Evening  John Osborne/Jazz 4. That's What I'm Not  British New Wave Cinema 5. I've Heard Of Politics, But This Is Ridiculous  TV Satire/Comedy 6. Bed Peace  John Lennon 7. Quiet Riot  Stephen Poliakoff 8. No Future/No Alternative  Punk and The Cynic Sensibility 9. Before The Moon Falls  The Fall 10. Somehow That Really Impressed Me  The Smiths ConclusionKieran Curran is from Galway in the west of Ireland. He is a scholar of Cultural Studies and currently works in the English Literature department at the University of Edinburgh, UK.