Intermodernism [[electronic resource] ] : literary culture in mid-twentieth-century Britain / / edited by Kristin Bluemel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458248703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 0-7486-5192-6; 1-282-62025-8; 9786612620256; 0-7486-3510-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BluemelKristin
• Disciplina: 820.900914
• Soggetti: English literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Work -- pt. 2. Community -- pt. 3. War -- pt. 4. Documents.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the fiction, memoirs, criticism, and journalism of writers such as Elizabeth Bowen, Storm Jameson, William Empson, George Orwell, J. B. Priestley, Harold Heslop, T. H. White, Rebecca West, John Grierson, Margery Allingham, and Stella Gibbons. Distinguishing their work from that of modernists or postmodernists, the volume outlines the historical, institutional, and personal relationships that define intermodernism. Three kinds of intermodern features are described: cultural (intermodernists typically represent working-class and middle-class cultures); political (intermodernis