Priestley's England : J.B. Priestley and English culture / / John Baxendale

• Autore: Baxendale John
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (2 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.912
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General
• Soggetto non controllato: Admass; CND; Cold War; English Journey; Englishness; J. B. Priestley; tradition; twentieth-century Britain; wartime broadcasts; welfare state
• Classificazione: HM 3935
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 9780719072864; 9780719072864
• Sommario/riassunto: Priestley's England is the first full-length academic study of J B Priestley - novelist, playwright, screen-writer, journalist and broadcaster, political activist, public intellectual and popular entertainer, one of the makers of twentieth-century Britain, and one of its sharpest critics. From his scathing analysis of a slump-stricken nation in the best-selling English Journey, to his popular wartime broadcasts which paved the way to 1945 and the welfare state, his post-war critique of 'Admass' and the Cold War (he was a co-founder of CND), and his continual engagement with the question of 'En
• Titolo autorizzato: Priestley's England
• ISBN: 1-84779-644-3; 1-78170-066-4; 1-84779-132-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811503003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II