Literature after World War II
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- | The intermediate [[postwar period]] separating "[[Modernism]]" from "[[Postmodernism]]" ([[1950s literature]]) is the ''floruit'' of the [[beat generation]] and the classical science fiction of [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[Robert A. Heinlein]]. | + | |
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- | ==World War II== | + | |
- | :''[[1940s literature]]'' | + | |
- | *[[Orson Welles]] | + | |
- | *[[George Orwell]] | + | |
- | *[[J. R. R. Tolkien]] writes ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (published 1954/55) | + | |
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- | ==Cold War period== | + | |
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- | * [[Umberto Eco]] ''Il nome della rosa'' ([[1980 in literature|1980]] - English translation: ''[[The Name of the Rose]]'', 1983), ''Il pendolo di Foucault'' ([[1988 in literature|1988]] - English translation: ''[[Foucault's Pendulum (book)|Foucault's Pendulum]]'', 1989) | + | |
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- | ==1990s== | + | |
- | *''[[The English Patient]]'' by [[Michael Ondaatje]] | + | |
- | *''[[Harry Potter]]'' series | + | |
- | *[[Boris Akunin]] | + | |
- | *[[slam poetry]] | + | |
- | ==See also== | + | |
- | *[[Aftermath of World War II]] | + | |
- | *[[20th century literature]] | + | |
- | *[[French literature after World War II]] | + | |
- | *[[Postmodern literature]] | + | |
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