Look Back in Anger (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: John Osborne
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Protest drama
- Time of Work: 1950’s
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: 1950’s, Values, Suffering, Marriage, Class consciousness, Antiheroes, England or English people, Working class
- Locales: Midlands, England
Places Discussed
*English Midlands. Central region of England in which the play is set. Midlands counties contain the country’s major industrial cities, such as Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, and Leeds. Factories dominate their urban landscapes, and their residents are largely working-class. Historically, the Midlands have often been viewed with condescension by more cosmopolitan residents of London, Oxford, and Cambridge. Relatively few literary works prior to the 1950’s were set in the Midlands, and the distinctive northern accent was rarely heard on...
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