Radicals on the road : the politics of English travel writing in the 1930s / / Bernard Schweizer
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| Autore: |
Schweizer Bernard <1962->
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| Titolo: |
Radicals on the road : the politics of English travel writing in the 1930s / / Bernard Schweizer
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| Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, : University Press of Virginia, 2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 820.9/355 |
| Soggetto topico: | Travelers' writings, English - History and criticism |
| English prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 20th century | |
| British - Foreign countries - History - 20th century | |
| Radicalism - Great Britain - History - 20th century | |
| Travel writing - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 1. George Orwell 17 2. Evelyn Waugh 37 3. Graham Greene 61 4. Rebecca West 80 5. The Trouble with Dualism: Sites and Issues 103 6. The Geography of Fear: "Strange Effects of Space" 144 Conclusion 174. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Therefore, argues Schweizer, traveling during the 1930s was more than just a means to engage the burning political questions of the day: traveling, and in turn travel writing, registered the travelers' growing sense of futility and powerlessness in an especially turbulent world. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Radicals on the road |
| ISBN: | 1-280-49036-5 |
| 9786613585592 | |
| 0-8139-2196-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818497003321 |
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