416:
410:
352:
201:
It is difficult at this distance to appreciate the artistic and intellectual ferment of the
Faculty of Arts at Birmingham in the 1930s. Louis MacNeice, Henry Reed, W.H. Auden, Walter Allen and the other members of the "Birmingham Group" were around and very
109:, assumed that the Birmingham novelists were proletarian. Birmingham denied this. It could be conceded however that they wrote about the People with a knowledge available to very few Londoners.
86:, who published several of their short stories in journals he edited and assumed they all knew each other. This became self-fulfilling, and for a while the group met weekly in a pub off
93:
Although the
Birmingham Group are often described as working class novelists, they in fact had the varied social backgrounds that characterised Birmingham's distinctive high level of
484:
288:
Feigel, Lara (2007). "Buggery and
Montage: Birmingham and Bloomsbury in the 1930s". In Burrells, Anna; Ellis, Steve; Parsons, Deborah; Simpson, Kathryn (eds.).
460:
105:
At this time, 1936, literary London was just beginning to recognise something called the
Birmingham School of novelists. Literary London, hungry for
393:
83:
184:
253:
494:
453:
499:
330:
87:
289:
489:
446:
386:
479:
138:
45:
75:; the Birmingham Group shared little stylistic unity, but had a common interest in the realistic portrayal of
128:
33:
106:
72:
379:
51:
Part of
Birmingham's vibrant literary and artistic scene in the 1930s that also included the poets
426:
322:
270:
359:
326:
249:
241:
60:
94:
430:
363:
315:
148:
114:
98:
68:
56:
41:
473:
76:
158:
37:
214:
415:
64:
52:
409:
25:
248:. The Oxford English Literary History. Oxford University Press. p. 184.
351:
29:
21:
294:. Clemson, SC: Clemson University Digital Press. pp. 51–57
434:
367:
321:. London: Faber and Faber (published 1996). p.
117:, The Strings are False: An Unfinished Autobiography
317:The Strings are False: An Unfinished Autobiography
314:
24:writing from the 1930s to the 1950s in and around
82:The group was christened by the American critic
103:
454:
387:
8:
461:
447:
394:
380:
277:. Newspaper Publishing Plc. p. 18.
185:"Obituaries: Professor Ronald Willetts"
175:
242:"The Modern Novel as Social Chronicle"
215:"As I Was Walking Down Bristol Street"
269:Hawtree, Christopher (2 March 1995).
7:
485:Culture in Birmingham, West Midlands
405:
403:
348:
346:
191:. Independent News and Media Limited
14:
219:Media Archive for Central England
414:
408:
350:
246:The Modern Movement (1910-1940)
183:Nicholls, Tony (6 March 1999).
133:Saturday Night at the Greyhound
1:
433:. You can help Knowledge by
425:This article related to the
366:. You can help Knowledge by
97:. The Birmingham-based poet
516:
402:
345:
221:. University of Leicester
313:MacNeice, Louis (1965).
271:"Obituary: Walter Allen"
495:Literary movement stubs
240:Baldick, Chris (2002).
120:
107:proletarian literature
73:Birmingham Surrealists
500:English history stubs
358:This article about a
40:, Peter Chamberlain,
291:Woolfian Boundaries
32:. Members included
490:Literary movements
427:history of England
88:Corporation Street
442:
441:
375:
374:
360:literary movement
163:All in a Lifetime
84:Edward J. O'Brien
507:
463:
456:
449:
420:
419:
418:
412:
404:
396:
389:
382:
354:
347:
337:
336:
320:
310:
304:
303:
301:
299:
285:
279:
278:
266:
260:
259:
237:
231:
230:
228:
226:
211:
205:
204:
198:
196:
180:
118:
18:Birmingham Group
515:
514:
510:
509:
508:
506:
505:
504:
480:English writers
470:
469:
468:
467:
413:
407:
401:
400:
343:
341:
340:
333:
312:
311:
307:
297:
295:
287:
286:
282:
275:The Independent
268:
267:
263:
256:
239:
238:
234:
224:
222:
213:
212:
208:
194:
192:
189:The Independent
182:
181:
177:
172:
153:Let Me Tell You
139:Walter Brierley
125:
119:
113:
95:social mobility
67:, the sculptor
46:Walter Brierley
20:was a group of
12:
11:
5:
513:
511:
503:
502:
497:
492:
487:
482:
472:
471:
466:
465:
458:
451:
443:
440:
439:
422:
399:
398:
391:
384:
376:
373:
372:
355:
339:
338:
331:
305:
280:
261:
254:
232:
206:
174:
173:
171:
168:
167:
166:
156:
149:Leslie Halward
146:
143:Means Test Man
136:
124:
121:
115:Louis MacNeice
111:
101:described how
99:Louis MacNeice
69:Gordon Herickx
57:Louis MacNeice
42:Leslie Halward
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
512:
501:
498:
496:
493:
491:
488:
486:
483:
481:
478:
477:
475:
464:
459:
457:
452:
450:
445:
444:
438:
436:
432:
428:
423:
417:
411:
406:
397:
392:
390:
385:
383:
378:
377:
371:
369:
365:
361:
356:
353:
349:
344:
334:
328:
324:
319:
318:
309:
306:
293:
292:
284:
281:
276:
272:
265:
262:
257:
255:0-19-818310-0
251:
247:
243:
236:
233:
220:
216:
210:
207:
203:
190:
186:
179:
176:
169:
164:
160:
157:
154:
150:
147:
144:
140:
137:
134:
130:
127:
126:
123:Notable works
122:
116:
110:
108:
102:
100:
96:
91:
89:
85:
80:
78:
77:working class
74:
70:
66:
62:
58:
54:
49:
47:
43:
39:
35:
31:
27:
23:
19:
435:expanding it
424:
421:
368:expanding it
357:
342:
316:
308:
296:. Retrieved
290:
283:
274:
264:
245:
235:
223:. Retrieved
218:
209:
200:
193:. Retrieved
188:
178:
162:
159:Walter Allen
152:
142:
132:
129:John Hampson
104:
92:
81:
50:
38:Walter Allen
34:John Hampson
17:
15:
65:Henry Green
63:; novelist
53:W. H. Auden
474:Categories
332:0571118321
170:References
61:Henry Reed
26:Birmingham
225:1 January
195:1 January
298:23 March
112:—
79:scenes.
71:and the
30:England
22:authors
329:
252:
202:active
165:(1959)
155:(1938)
145:(1935)
135:(1931)
429:is a
362:is a
431:stub
364:stub
327:ISBN
300:2015
250:ISBN
227:2009
197:2009
59:and
44:and
16:The
323:154
476::
325:.
273:.
244:.
217:.
199:.
187:.
161:–
151:–
141:–
131:–
90:.
55:,
48:.
36:,
28:,
462:e
455:t
448:v
437:.
395:e
388:t
381:v
370:.
335:.
302:.
258:.
229:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.