JAMB - Literature In English (2025 - No. 23)

From the novel; Look Back in Anger
From the novel; Look Back in Anger
From the novel; Look Back in Anger

This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger

The setting of the play is

Classical England
Romantic England
Victorian England
Elizabethan England

Explanation

The play is set in the 1950s (Post-WWII). It is famous for being part of the "Angry Young Men" movement, which rebelled against the lingering Victorian and Edwardian values represented by Alison's family.

Though the 1950s is the era of Queen Elizabeth II, it is not commonly referred to as the Elizabethan era.

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