02171nam 2200421 450 991059789290332120230730233702.01-84966-980-510.5040/9781472545015(CKB)4100000010954282(NjHacI)994100000010954282(EXLCZ)99410000001095428220230730d2023 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierState of play British politics on screen, stage and page, from Anthony Trollope to The thick of it /Steven FieldingLondon, England :Bloomsbury Academic,2023.1 online resource (304 pages)Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: depicting democracy -- Parliament worship -- Disappointing democracy -- The people's war and after -- Imagining the post-war consensus -- The established order undermined -- The televised crisis -- Yes, conspirator -- Still no job for a lady -- A thick ending -- Epilogue: what would Plato say?.A State of Play explores how the British have imagined their politics, from the parliament worship of Anthony Trollope to the cynicism of The Thick of It . In an account that mixes historical with political analysis, Steven Fielding argues that fictional depictions of politics have played an important but insidious part in shaping how the British think about their democracy and have helped ventilate their many frustrations with Westminster. He shows that dramas and fictions have also performed a significant role in the battle of ideas, in a way undreamt of by those who draft party manifestos.State of Play A State of Play Politicians in literatureEnglish literaturePoliticians in literature.English literature.820.935841082Fielding Steven556159NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910597892903321State of Play1804684UNINA