ISBN: 9781847796448

Priestley’s England is the first full-length academic study of J B Priestley - novelist, playwright, screen-writer, journalist and broadcaster, political activist, public intellectu… Mehr…

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 ‘Englishness’, Priestley addressed the key issues of the century from a radical standpoint in fiction, journalism and plays which appealed to a wide audience and made him one of the most successful writers of his day, in a career which spanned the 1920s and the 1980s.Priestley’s England explores the cultural, literary and political history of twentieth-century Britain through the themes which preoccupied Priestley throughout his life: competing versions of Englishness; tradition, modernity, and the decline of industrial England; ‘Americanisation’, mass culture and ‘Admass’; cultural values and ‘broadbrow’ culture; consumerism and the decay of the public sphere; the loss of spirituality and community in ‘the nervous excitement, the frenzy, the underlying despair of our century’. It argues that Priestley has been unjustly neglected for too long: we have a great deal to learn both from this extraordinary, multi-faceted man, and from the English radical tradition he represented.This book will appeal to all those interested in the culture and politics of twentieth-century Britain, in the continuing debates over ‘Englishness’ to which Priestley made such a key contribution, and in the life and work of one of the most remarkable and popular writers of the past century. Digital Content>E-books>World History>Great Britain & Ireland Hist>Great Britain Hist, Manchester University Press Digital >16<

2016, ISBN: 9781847796448

J. B. Priestley and English culture, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Priestley?s England is the first full-length academic study of J B Priestley ? novelist, playwright, screen-writer, jou… Mehr…

J. B. Priestley and English culture, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), 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. The book explores the cultural, literary and political history of twentieth-century Britain through the themes which preoccupied Priestley throughout his life: competing versions of Englishness; tradition, modernity, and the decline of industrial England; ?Americanisation?, mass culture and ?Admass?; cultural values and ?broadbrow? culture; consumerism and the decay of the public sphere; the loss of spirituality and community in ?the nervous excitement, the frenzy, the underlying despair of our century?. It argues that Priestley has been unjustly neglected for too long: we have a great deal to learn both from this extraordinary, multi-faceted man, and from the English radical tradition he represented. This book will appeal to all those interested in the culture and politics of twentieth-century Britain, in the continuing debates over ?Englishness? to which Priestley made such a key contribution, and in the life and work of one of the most remarkable and popular writers of the past century. [PU: Manchester University Press], Seiten: 228, Manchester University Press, 2016<

ISBN: 9781847796448

Priestley's England explores the cultural, literary and political history of twentieth-century Britain through the radical critique offered by one of its most popular writers, J B Priestl… Mehr…

Priestley's England explores the cultural, literary and political history of twentieth-century Britain through the radical critique offered by one of its most popular writers, J B Priestley. Its wide-ranging themes include 'Englishness', literary culture and its values, 'Americanisation' and mass culture. J. B. Priestley and English culture Manchester University Press Art & Politics 9780719072871 DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Art, Manchester University Press<

ISBN: 9781847796448

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by John Baxendale, PRINT ISBN: 9780719072871 E-TEXT ISBN: 9781847796448 Additional ISBNs: 9780719072871|9781847791320, 0719072875|1847791328 Manchester University Press eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., Manchester University Press<

2016, ISBN: 9781847796448

J. B. Priestley and English culture, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: Manchester University Press], Manchester University Press, 2016