General Editors' Preface General Introduction 1 Contexts: History, Politics, CultureIntroductionBritish Empire, decline and lossCensorshipClass structureCold WarCounter-cultureFeminism and the role of womenHolocaustMigrant experience and multiculturalismNorthern Irish 'troubles'Political protestPopular cultureReligionScience and technological innovationSex and sexualityWarYouth culture 2 Texts: Themes, Issues, ConceptsIntroductionAbsurdist theatreAlternative theatreAnglo-Welsh literature'Angry young men'Avant-garde poetryBlack British literatureCampus novelClassConcrete poetryEmpire, end ofEnglishnessEpic theatreGay and lesbian writingGenre fictionHistoryHolocaust literatureIrish literature'Kitchen sink' dramaLanguage poetryLondon, literary representations ofMagic realismMarketing of literatureModemism, legacy ofMovement, theNatureNew voices in 21 st-century literaturePerformance poetryPolitical commitmentPostcolonial literaturePostmodern literatureRealismRegional identityScottish literatureTheatre of CrueltyUnderground poetryUrban experienceWomen's writing 3 Criticism: Approaches, Theory, PracticeIntroductionCultural materialismDeconstructionDialogic theoryFeminist criticismGender criticismLeavisite criticismMarxist criticismNarratologyNew CriticismNew HistoricismPostcolonial criticismPostmodernist theoryPoststructuralismPsychoanalytic criticismReader-response criticismStructuralism Notes Chronology General Index Index of Works Cited