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The present chapter deals with the two decades of the 1940s and 1950s — a period obviously dominated by the Second World War* and its aftermath, but with a strong sense through the 1950s, especially amongst the younger generation, that Post-War* exhaustion should give way to excitement, provocation, non-conformity and rebellion. [Suggested timeline narratives for the whole period are appended after the gloss on (The) Post-War (Period)*.]
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Widdowson, P. (2004). 1940–1959. In: The Palgrave Guide to English Literature and its Contexts, 1500–2000. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-00099-5_7
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