According to this passage,
deserve love and thanks.
serve love and thanks.

Mother

i think all of our moms deserve to be loved or thanked in many many ways

the best description of postwar writers might be progressive.

following the war, writers showed a tendency to work on artistic or social matters rather than political themes. while postwar literature may not have been the greatest period of english literature, the themes provided excellent critics a high number of novels. such examples include anthony burgess, anthony powell and frank kermode, all of which can be placed under the progressive view.

2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.