I'll put it another way, Roger. If I were to describe
nineteenth-century English literature as being predominantly
middle-class nobody would raise an eyebrow. That isn't a pejorative
description it's just what it was. The same is still true of
contemporary literature. It's a different literature, it dresses
smarter and likes to tell little jokes and so forth. But if you
compare it to older middle-class literature it's very limited.
2008/5/25 Roger Collett <[log in to unmask]>:
> Which current British authors would you consider to be working class then
> Dave? Good writers that is, worthy of note.
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> Roger
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>> Here's an example of the predominant current middle-class narrative of
>> poetry in Britain .
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>> http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2281914,00.html
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>> David Bircumshaw
>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
>> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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