Literature, Politics and Intellectual Crisis in Britain Today

Download or read book Literature, Politics and Intellectual Crisis in Britain Today written by C. Bloom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-11-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 and political authority in multi-cultural Britain in 2000 and beyond.