LEADER 04778nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910824531803321 005 20240416190925.0 010 $a1-282-86173-5 010 $a9786612861734 010 $a0-7735-7179-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773571792 035 $a(CKB)1000000000244840 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277271 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11214332 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277271 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234279 035 $a(PQKB)10230938 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400066 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521349 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330673 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132856 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286173 035 $a(OCoLC)929120855 035 $a(DE-B1597)657481 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773571792 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/t50498 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400066 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330673 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243459 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000244840 100 $a20041104d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeware the British serpent $ethe role of writers in British propaganda in the United States, 1939-1945 /$fRobert Calder 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca, [N.Y.] $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d2004 215 $axiv, 311 p., [6] p. of plates $cill 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7735-2688-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-300) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIllustrations -- $tThe Yanks Aren?t Coming -- $tThe Strangling Old School Tie -- $tThe Magic of the Word -- $tMaking the War Seem Personal -- $tUncoordinated Observations -- $tOne God-Damned Thing after Another -- $tA Sad Story of Official Duplicity -- $tUnheralded Ambassadors from England -- $tThrilling and Dramatic Fiction -- $tA Friendly Intruder in a Non-Belligerent World -- $tThe Most Gigantic Engines of Propaganda -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aUsing newly uncovered archival material, Calder offers provocative new insights into the war work of more than forty prominent British authors, focusing particularly on Somerset Maugham, Noel Coward, H.G. Wells, Vera Brittain, and J.B. Priestley. He provides a comprehensive analysis of the suspicions beneath the wartime Anglo-American alliance and describes the tensions that arose between the British Ministry of Information and the Foreign Office over the nature and direction of the propaganda campaign in the United States.Calder demonstrates that Britain's well-organized propaganda campaign in the United States to persuade it to enter World War I had left isolationist and Anglophobic Americans highly suspicious of anything that hinted of propaganda. Any effort to influence public opinion had therefore to be carefully and subtly undertaken, and the British Government soon realised that well-known authors - employed officially or semi-officially - were ideal for the task. Respected for their pens, they were especially suited to reminding Americans of their strongest links with Britain - a common language and a shared cultural heritage of Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Hardy, Thackeray, and others. As well, their profession had often led them to tour, speak, write, and live in America, and, because they could live on their royalties and speaking fees, they were not on the payroll of the British government and thus could not be identified as paid foreign agents. 606 $aAuthors, English$y20th century$xPolitical and social views 606 $aEnglish literature$xPolitical aspects 606 $aPropaganda, British$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xLiterature and the war 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPropaganda 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zUnited States 606 $aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$xPropagande 606 $aPropagande britannique$z?Etats-Unis$xHistoire$y20e si?ecle 615 0$aAuthors, English$xPolitical and social views. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aPropaganda, British$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xLiterature and the war. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPropaganda. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 6$aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$xPropagande. 615 6$aPropagande britannique$xHistoire 676 $a940.54/88673 700 $aCalder$b Robert$f1941-$0196580 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824531803321 996 $aBeware the British serpent$94118215 997 $aUNINA