British Social Realism in the Arts Since 1940

By David Tucker

Book Overview

Acknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction - 'an anthropology of ourselves' Vs. 'the incomprehensibility of the real': Making the Case for British Social Realism; D.Tucker Tragedy, Ethics and History in Contemporary British Social Realist Film; P.Dave Staging the Contemporary: Politics and Practice in Post-War Social Realist Theatre; S.Lacey Bad Teeth: British Social Realism in Fiction; R.Mengham 'this / is not a metaphor': The Possibility of Social Realism in British Poetry; K.Sutherland Re-presenting Reality, Recovering the Social: The Poetics and Politics of Social Realism and Visual Art; G.Whiteley Small Screens and Big Voices: Televisual Social Realism and the Popular; D.Rolinson Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349317861
• ISBN13: 9781349317868
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"