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Beware the British serpent [[electronic resource] ] : the role of writers in British propaganda in the United States, 1939-1945 / / Robert Calder



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Autore: Calder Robert <1941-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Beware the British serpent [[electronic resource] ] : the role of writers in British propaganda in the United States, 1939-1945 / / Robert Calder Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004
Descrizione fisica: xiv, 311 p., [6] p. of plates : ill
Disciplina: 940.54/88673
Soggetto topico: Authors, English - 20th century - Political and social views
English literature - Political aspects
Propaganda, British - United States - History - 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 - Literature and the war
World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda
World War, 1939-1945 - United States
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Propagande
Propagande britannique - ?Etats-Unis - Histoire - 20e si?ecle
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-300) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- The Yanks Aren’t Coming -- The Strangling Old School Tie -- The Magic of the Word -- Making the War Seem Personal -- Uncoordinated Observations -- One God-Damned Thing after Another -- A Sad Story of Official Duplicity -- Unheralded Ambassadors from England -- Thrilling and Dramatic Fiction -- A Friendly Intruder in a Non-Belligerent World -- The Most Gigantic Engines of Propaganda -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Using 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Beware the British serpent  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-86173-5
9786612861734
0-7735-7179-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783503103321
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