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 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 The Smiths