Identity Crisis of Jimmy Porter in John Osborne's Look Back in Anger.
Post war Literature comprises many British writers. Among them, John Osborne is expert in portraying the identity crisis of Jimmy Porter in his realistic play Look Back in Anger (1956). According to Modern Dictionary, identity crisis is a personal psychological conflict particularly in adolescence i...
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