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Priestley's England [[electronic resource] ] : J.B. Priestley and English culture / / John Baxendale



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Autore: Baxendale John Visualizza persona
Titolo: Priestley's England [[electronic resource] ] : J.B. Priestley and English culture / / John Baxendale Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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