Priestley's England [[electronic resource] ] : J.B. Priestley and English culture / / John Baxendale
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| Autore: |
Baxendale John
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| Titolo: |
Priestley's England [[electronic resource] ] : J.B. Priestley and English culture / / John Baxendale
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007 |
| 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.: | 9910788623003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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