Focuses on the major socio-political changes that marked the sixties in relationship to the development of literature over the decade. This book is the first critical study to acknowledge that the1960s can only be understood if, next to its socio-political history, its fictions and mythologies are acknowledged as a vital constituent in our understanding of the decade. Groes uncovers a major epistemological shift, and presents a powerful meta-narrative about post-war literature in the UK, and beyond. Thiswork offers a re-examination of canonical writers such as Iris Murdoch, Angela carter, Muriel Spark and John Fowles. It also pays critical attention to avant-garde writers including Ann Quin, Brigid Brophy, Eva Figes, Alan Burns, Christine Brooke-Rose, Eva Tucker, and J.G. Ballard, presenting a comprehensive insight into the continuing power the decade exerts on the contemporary imaginatio From television documentaries and a steady output of critical works to retrospective art exhibitions and Austin Powers, the sixties fascinate us. This book focuses on the major socio-political changes that marked the sixties in relationship to the development of literature over the decade.