angry young men

angry young men

angry young men term applied to a group of English writers of the 1950s whose heroes share certain rebellious and critical attitudes toward society. This phrase, which was originally taken from the title of Leslie Allen Paul's autobiography, Angry Young Man (1951), became current with the production of John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger (1956). The word angry is probably inappropriate; dissentient or disgruntled perhaps is more accurate. The group not only expressed discontent with the staid, hypocritical institutions of English society—the so-called Establishment—but betrayed disillusionment with itself and with its own achievements. Included among the angry young men were the playwrights John Osborne and Arnold Wesker and the novelists Kingsley Amis , John Braine , John Wain , and Alan Sillitoe . In the 1960s these writers turned to more individualized themes and were no longer considered a group.

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Angry Young Men

Angry Young Men Loose literary and dramatic term, applied to an anti-establishment group of British writers in the 1950s. Taken from Leslie Allen Paul's autobiography Angry Young Man (1951), it was popularized through John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger (1956). The group included Kingsley Amis, Arnold Wesker and Alan Sillitoe.

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Angry Young Men

Angry Young Men, a journalistic catchphrase loosely applied to a number of British playwrights and novelists from the mid-1950s, including Amis, J. Osborne, Sillitoe, and C. Wilson, whose political views were radical or anarchic.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Angry Young Men." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Angry Young Men." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-AngryYoungMen.html

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