04097nam 2200817 a 450 991081990860332120240416145137.00-674-03865-710.4159/9780674038653(CKB)1000000000786885(SSID)ssj0000259750(PQKBManifestationID)11204521(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259750(PQKBWorkID)10187256(PQKB)10425354(MiAaPQ)EBC3299996(DE-B1597)457652(OCoLC)1043621093(OCoLC)979740049(DE-B1597)9780674038653(Au-PeEL)EBL3299996(CaPaEBR)ebr10305839(OCoLC)923108515(EXLCZ)99100000000078688520050901d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTo exercise our talents the democratization of writing in Britain /Christopher Hilliard1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Pressc2006390 pHarvard historical studies ;v. 150Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-02177-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-363) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Literary History from Below -- Chapter 1. Middlemen, Markets, and Literary Advice -- Chapter 2. A Chance to Exercise Our Talents -- Chapter 3. Fiction and the Writing Public -- Chapter 4. In My Own Language about My Own People -- Chapter 5. Class, Patronage, and Literary Tradition -- Chapter 6. People's Writing and the People's War -- Chapter 7. The Logic of Our Times -- Chapter 8. Popular Writing after the War -- Conclusion: On or about the End of the Chatterley Ban -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Manuscripts and Archives Consulted -- Acknowledgments -- IndexIn twentieth-century Britain the literary landscape underwent a fundamental change. Aspiring authors--traditionally drawn from privileged social backgrounds--now included factory workers writing amid chaotic home lives and married women joining writers' clubs in search of creative outlets. In this brilliantly conceived book, Christopher Hilliard reveals the extraordinary history of "ordinary" voices. In capturing the creative lives of ordinary people--would-be fiction-writers and poets who until now have left scarcely a mark on written history--Hilliard sensitively reconstructs the literary culture of a democratic age.Harvard historical studies ;v. 150.English literature20th centuryHistory and criticismLiterature and societyGreat BritainHistory20th centuryAuthorshipSocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory20th centuryDemocratizationGreat BritainHistory20th centurySocial classesGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWorking classGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWorking class writings, EnglishHistory and criticismMiddle classGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWorking class in literatureMiddle class in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Literature and societyHistoryAuthorshipSocial aspectsHistoryDemocratizationHistorySocial classesHistoryWorking classHistoryWorking class writings, EnglishHistory and criticism.Middle classHistoryWorking class in literature.Middle class in literature.820.9/0091HM 1020rvkHilliard Christopher1706503MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819908603321To exercise our talents4093961UNINA