Cynicism in British Post-War Culture: Ignorance, Dust and Disease - Paperback

by K. Curran (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Kieran 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.