Angry Young Women: six writers of the sixties by Ann Wellman

Angry Young Women Writers of the 1950s & 1960s

Angry Young Women Writers of the 1950s and 1960s Kitchen Sink Drama was initially penned by the “Angry Young Men” and “Angry Young Women” of the 1950s and 1960s. These were a collective of upper working-class / middle-class playwrights and authors who were disheartened with the UK class system. They had an overwhelming desire to portray the rawness and grittiness …

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British Kitchen Sink Films

British New Wave Cinema – Useful Reading

Further Reading for British New Wave Cinema Below are a  brief collection of links to articles regarding further reading for “British New Wave Cinema” . This is regardless of whether you are a novice or an avid collector and viewer of these and “Kitchen Sink Realism” films. Kitchen Sink Realism Films Based on Influential Novels & Plays An article I …

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Social Realism & Kitchen Sink Realism Books Appeal – Kitchen Sink Authors Of The 1950s & 1960s

In the mid 1980s, whilst at school, I discovered a genre of literature. This was exclusive to those books penned by a collection of authors known as the “Angry Young Men”.  In addition with thanks to further encouragement shown by Mr Thompson (my old English Literature teacher), I was to become an avid collector and reader of Kitchen Sink Realism …

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