Priestley's England : J.B. Priestley and English culture /

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This 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. It explores the cultural,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baxendale, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, UK ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2007.
Subjects:
Priestley, J. B. > (John Boynton), > 1894-1984 > Criticism and interpretation.
Priestley, J. B. > (John Boynton), > 1894-1984 > Political and social views.
Priestley, J. B. > (John Boynton), > 1894-1984.
Priestley, John B.
1900-1999
Authors, English > 20th century.
Écrivains anglais > 20e siècle.
ART > Art & Politics.
Authors, English.
Political and social views.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. 'A serious writer with a message'
  • 2. Bruddersford and beyond
  • 3. Englands and Englishness
  • 4. This new England
  • 5. Priestley's war
  • 6. 'Now we must live up to ourselves': New Jerusalem and beyond.

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