LEADER 04100nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910778184103321 005 20230207230520.0 010 $a0-674-03865-7 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674038653 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786885 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259750 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204521 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259750 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10187256 035 $a(PQKB)10425354 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3299996 035 $a(DE-B1597)457652 035 $a(OCoLC)1043621093 035 $a(OCoLC)979740049 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674038653 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3299996 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10305839 035 $a(OCoLC)923108515 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786885 100 $a20050901d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTo exercise our talents$b[electronic resource] $ethe democratization of writing in Britain /$fChristopher Hilliard 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$dc2006 215 $a390 p 225 1 $aHarvard historical studies ;$vv. 150 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-02177-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-363) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction: Literary History from Below -- $tChapter 1. Middlemen, Markets, and Literary Advice -- $tChapter 2. A Chance to Exercise Our Talents -- $tChapter 3. Fiction and the Writing Public -- $tChapter 4. In My Own Language about My Own People -- $tChapter 5. Class, Patronage, and Literary Tradition -- $tChapter 6. People's Writing and the People's War -- $tChapter 7. The Logic of Our Times -- $tChapter 8. Popular Writing after the War -- $tConclusion: On or about the End of the Chatterley Ban -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tManuscripts and Archives Consulted -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aIn twentieth-century Britain the literary landscape underwent a fundamental change. Aspiring authors--traditionally drawn from privileged social backgrounds--now included factory workers writing amid chaotic home lives and married women joining writers' clubs in search of creative outlets. In this brilliantly conceived book, Christopher Hilliard reveals the extraordinary history of "ordinary" voices. In capturing the creative lives of ordinary people--would-be fiction-writers and poets who until now have left scarcely a mark on written history--Hilliard sensitively reconstructs the literary culture of a democratic age. 410 0$aHarvard historical studies ;$vv. 150. 606 $aEnglish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAuthorship$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDemocratization$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocial classes$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorking class$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorking class writings, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMiddle class$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorking class in literature 606 $aMiddle class in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aAuthorship$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aDemocratization$xHistory 615 0$aSocial classes$xHistory 615 0$aWorking class$xHistory 615 0$aWorking class writings, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMiddle class$xHistory 615 0$aWorking class in literature. 615 0$aMiddle class in literature. 676 $a820.9/0091 686 $aHM 1020$2rvk 700 $aHilliard$b Christopher$01462640 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778184103321 996 $aTo exercise our talents$93671697 997 $aUNINA