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Autore: |
Baxendale John
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Titolo: |
Priestley's England : J.B. Priestley and English culture / / John Baxendale
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Pubblicazione: | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
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.: | 9910811503003321 |
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