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Modernism at the microphone : radio, propaganda, and literary aesthetics during World War II /
"As the Second World War raged throughout Europe, modernist writers often became crucial voices in the propaganda efforts of both sides. Modernism at the Microphone: Radio, Propaganda, and Literary Aesthetics During World War II is a comprehensive study of the role modernist writers' radio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2015.
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| Colección: | Historicizing modernism.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
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- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Editors' Preface
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Voices of War
- Voices of the wireless revolution
- Voices of contradiction
- Voices of the radio war
- 1. War on the Air
- Radio's fascism and the violence of the voice
- It's the end of the world as we know it
- 2. Militarizing the Messiah
- I heard the voice of Jesus say
- A Christ for World War II
- 3. Transatlantic Crossings
- MacNeice crosses the Atlantic
- Propaganda, poetry, and the radio
- Conquering the new world
- 4. Propaganda, Literature, and New Networks
- Orwell's ambivalence
- London calling
- Orwell loses his radio voice
- 5. Clogged Communication
- A hopeful transmission
- Can't get through to you
- Please Mr. Postman
- 6. Haunted Network
- Modernist hauntings
- Mann's ghosts
- Extending the network
- Epilogue: A Voice from the Other Side
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.