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.
K. Curran
Cultural history Cynicism Cultural Studies British Post-War History Popular Music Studies the Movement Philip Larkin Raymond Williams Kitchen Sink Stephen Poliakoff John Lennon Punk The Fall Morrissey The Young Ones