目录

General Editors Preface
List of Figures
A Note on References
Introduction： Last Things First
Part 1 Histories
1. Gleaming Twilight： Literature, Culture, and Society
2. A Postmodern Age? Literature, Ideas, and Traditions
（1）. The End of the Modern
（2）. Modernist and Other Legacies
3. An Age of Theory? Critics, Readers, and Authors
4. A Golden Age? Readers, Authors, and the Book Trade
（1）. The More Common Reader
（2）. Commerce and Conscience, Ledgers and Literature

Part 2 Poetry
5. Movement or Revival： The Late r95os to the 1980s
6. Counter-movements and Modernist Memories：1960 to the 1980s
7. Politics and Postmodernism： The Late I970s to 2000
8. Rosebay Revived： Language, Form, and Audience for This Unpopular Art

Part 3 Drama
9. A Public Art Form： The Late 1950s to the 1970s
10. Last Year in Jerusalem： Politics and Performance after 1968
11. Real Revolutionaries： Politics and the Margins
12. Absurdism, Postmodernism, Individualism
13. Discovering the Body
14. Revolution, Television, Subsidy

Part 4 Narrative
15. To the Crossroads： Style and Society in the 1960s and 1970s
16. A Darker Route： Morality and History in the 1960s and 1970s
17. Longer Shadows and Darkness Risible： The 1970s to 2000
18. Double Lives： Womens Writing and Gender Difference
19. The Century of Strangers： Travellers and Migrants
20. Genres, Carnivals, Conclusions
Author Bibliographies
Suggestions for Further Reading
Works Cited
Index

内容摘要

    《英国的没落？》关注的焦点是1960-2000年这一历史时期的文化背景，分历史、诗歌、戏剧和小说四大部分，总结和归纳了20世纪最后40年英国文学的主要流派和特点，是对当代英国文学感兴趣的读者的首选读物。《英国的没落？》的作者是英国爱丁堡大学英国文学、语言和文化系的兰德尔·史蒂文森（Randall Stevenson）教授，与传统的文学史不同，《英国的没落？》关注的焦点是这一历史时期的文化背景，分为“历史”、“诗歌”、“戏剧”和“小说”四大部分。

General Editor's Preface List of Figures A Note on References Introduction: Last Things First Part Ⅰ Histories 1. 'Gleaming Twilight': Literature, Culture, and Society 2. A Postmodern Age? Literature, Ideas, and Traditions Ⅰ. The End of the Modern Ⅱ. Modernist and Other Legacies 3. An Age of Theory? Critics, Readers, and Authors 4. A Golden Age? Readers, Authors, and the Book Trade Ⅰ. The More Common Reader Ⅱ. Commerce and Conscience, Ledgers and Literature Part Ⅱ Poetry 5. Movement or Revival: The Late r95os to the 1980s 6. Counter-movements and Modernist Memories:1960 to the 1980s 7. Politics and Postmodernism: The Late I970s to 2000 8. Rosebay Revived: Language, Form, and Audience for 'This Unpopular Art' Part Ⅲ Drama 9. A Public Art Form: The Late 1950s to the 1970s 10. Last Year in Jerusalem: Politics and Performance after 1968 11. 'Real Revolutionaries': Politics and the Margins 12. Absurdism, Postmodernism, Individualism 13. Discovering the Body 14. Revolution, Television, Subsidy Part Ⅳ Narrative 15. To the Crossroads: Style and Society in the 1960s and 1970s 16. A Darker Route: Morality and History in the 1960s and 1970s 17. Longer Shadows and Darkness Risible: The 1970s to 2000 18. 'Double Lives': Women's Writing and Gender Difference 19. 'The Century of Strangers': Travellers and Migrants 20. Genres, Carnivals, Conclusions Author Bibliographies Suggestions for Further Reading Works Cited Index