Abstract
In The Intellectuals and the Masses (1992), John Carey writes: 'The rejection by intellectuals of the clerks and the suburbs meant that writers intent on finding an eccentric voice could do so by colonizing this abandoned territory. The two writers who did so were John Betjeman and Stevie Smith' (66). Whilst Carey's insight forms a useful starting point for this discussion, his restriction of the suburban literary terrain to just two writers must be disputed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Intermodernism |
| Subtitle of host publication | Literary Culture in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain |
| Editors | Kristin Bluemel |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Pages | 75-92 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0748635092 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2009 |
Keywords
- Stella Gibbons
- suburbs
- my American
- miss Linsey and pa
- the bachelor
- English literature
- novels
- writing