Angry Young Men

E359768

cultural phenomenon literary movement

Angry Young Men were a group of mid-20th-century British writers and playwrights known for their outspoken criticism of the class system and postwar social conditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Angry Young Men canonical	6
Angry Young Men (literary context)	1
Angry Young Men movement	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural phenomenon ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
centralTheme	alienation ⓘ class conflict ⓘ frustration of educated lower-middle and working classes ⓘ resentment toward establishment ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalContext	post-World War II Britain ⓘ
field	drama ⓘ literature ⓘ
genreFocus	novels ⓘ social realism ⓘ stage plays ⓘ
influenced	British New Wave ⓘ surface form: British New Wave cinema kitchen sink drama ⓘ postwar British theatre ⓘ
influencedBy	British class system ⓘ postwar British social conditions ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Britain
mediaLabel	term popularized by British press ⓘ
movementCharacteristic	anti-establishment attitude ⓘ colloquial language ⓘ critique of British class system ⓘ disillusionment with postwar society ⓘ kitchen sink realism ⓘ realism ⓘ social criticism ⓘ working-class perspective ⓘ
notableAuthorAssociated	Alan Sillitoe ⓘ Arnold Wesker ⓘ Colin Wilson ⓘ Harold Pinter ⓘ John Braine ⓘ John Osborne ⓘ John Wain ⓘ Sir Kingsley Amis ⓘ surface form: Kingsley Amis
notableWork	Look Back in Anger ⓘ Lucky Jim ⓘ Room at the Top ⓘ Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ⓘ The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
opposedTo	traditional literary establishment ⓘ upper-class values ⓘ
socialClassFocus	lower middle class ⓘ working class ⓘ
startPeriod	1950s ⓘ
temporalContext	mid-20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Look Back in Anger → movement → Angry Young Men ⓘ

British New Wave → influencedBy → Angry Young Men ⓘ

this entity surface form: Angry Young Men movement

John Osborne → movement → Angry Young Men ⓘ

Sir Kingsley Amis → movement → Angry Young Men ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingsley Amis

Archie Rice → literaryMovementContext → Angry Young Men ⓘ

John Braine → movement → Angry Young Men ⓘ

Jimmy Porter → literaryMovement → Angry Young Men ⓘ

Alison Porter → associatedWithMovement → Angry Young Men ⓘ

this entity surface form: Angry Young Men (literary context)