The "Angry Young Men" were a collective of 1950s writers known for their rebellious spirit and rejection of tradition, including figures like Colin Wilson, John Osborne, and Kingsley Amis.
The "Angry Young Men" were a group of 1950s writers characterized by irreverence and a challenge to tradition. Key figures include Colin Wilson, John Osborne, John Wain, Kingsley Amis, John Braine, and Alan Sillitoe.
| Front | Angry Young Men |
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| Back | a group of writers of 1950s irreverence, stridency, impatience with tradition, vigour, vulgarity, sulky resentment against the cultivated post war reforms Colin Wilson's study of alienation, the Outsider 1956 was judged by many an important manifesto John Osborne's look back in anger 1956 John Wain's Hurry on Down 1953 Kingsley Amis Lucky Jim 1954 John Braine Room at the Top 1957 Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1958 |
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