General Editor's Preface xvii Abbreviations xxiii A Note on References xxiv Introduction 1 1. The End of Imperial England and the Seeds of the New: 1948-1969 13 I. New Immigrants 13 II. Prose: Culture Conflict and Lonely Londoners 32 III. Poetry: Swansongs, Birds of Passage 61 IV. Drama: West Indian School Realists 71 2. Transformations: 1970-1979 73 I. Ethnicity and the Myth of Revolution 73 II. Prose: Some Firsts 79 III. Poetry: Black Modernists 103 IV. Drama: West Indian Playwrights and Black Lives 119 3. Fragmentation and Internalization: 1980-1989 125 I. Demanding Rights 125 II. Prose: From Exotic to British, Almost 140 III. Poetry: Performance and Dialect 192 IV. Drama: Black, Black Feminist, and Asian Brecht 211 4. England’s New English Literature: 1990-2000 224 I. Celebrating Multiracial England 224 II. Prose: Remapping England 236 III. Poetry: Returning to the Page and the Self 292 IV. Drama: Histories 311 Conclusion 322 Author Bibliographies 326 Suggestions for Further Reading 362 Index 369
