Look Back in Anger Summary
John Osborne

The English playwright (1929-1994) was the first of Britain's "Angry Young Men"--a group of social critics and writers. He scathingly attacked many of the establishment's hallowed values in his numero... Read more

In the following essay, Allen compares the treatment of British colonial culture in Look Back in Anger to V. S. Naipaul's The Enigma of Arrival. Introduction In a famous speech delivered in ... Read more

In the following essay, Cairns and Richards explore the issue of colonialism in Look Back in Anger. ‘Then, on 8 May 1956 came the revolution …’1 With these words, John Russell ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Watson asserts that Look Back in Anger played a seminal role in the revival of British theater in the mid-1950s. The story of London theatre, by common consent, divides at... Read more

In the following essay, Sierz investigates how Look Back in Anger became an iconic work. The people I should like to contact—if I knew how—aren't likely to be reading this book... Read more