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Radicals on the road : the politics of English travel writing in the 1930s / / Bernard Schweizer



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Autore: Schweizer Bernard <1962-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Radicals on the road : the politics of English travel writing in the 1930s / / Bernard Schweizer Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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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