Literature, Politics and Intellectual Crisis in Britain Today

by Clive Bloom

Book Overview

In 1997, thirty years after the demise of 'Swinging London', Britain again seemed to be the centre of the cultural universe, with a thriving arts scene, a new Labour government and a young and enterprising prime minister. 'Cool Britannia' seemed to sum up the new spirit of the 1990s in the hip language of the 1960s. In this book, Bloom offers a radical and controversial guide to the possibilities for intellectual life, popular culture, literary production...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333778332
• ISBN13: 9780333778333
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"