The Vision Of J B Priestley
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The Vision Of J B Priestley
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Author : Roger Fagge
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-12-15
The Vision Of J B Priestley written by Roger Fagge and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-15 with History categories.
An intellectual biography, following the development of Priestley's thought from his engagement with social themes to his subsequent disillusion in the post-war period.
The Vision Of J B Priestley
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Author : Roger Fagge
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-12-15
The Vision Of J B Priestley written by Roger Fagge and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-15 with History categories.
Drawing on private and published sources, Roger Fagge takes an in-depth look at J.B. Priestley's work, seeking to reclaim him as an important English thinker. Priestley grew up in Bradford, and served on the front line in the First World War, before attending Cambridge and embarking on a career as a writer. A committed radical, he wrote widely for the press, as well as producing autobiographies, social criticism and plays. This work revealed a growing interest in the meaning of Englishness and the start of a long-running relationship with America. Priestley achieved even greater influence during the early years of World War II via his popular BBC radio 'postscripts'. His later career, however, saw his faith in the people give way to a disillusionment with the spread of the Americanised mass society, although his critical response to the latter maintained a perceptive engagement with world. The Vision of J.B. Priestley charts the continuities, strengths and weaknesses in the author's long career, and his vision of an outward looking radical Englishness.
English Journey
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Author : J. B. Priestley
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2023-04-13
English Journey written by J. B. Priestley and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-13 with Travel categories.
‘The finest book ever written about England and the English’ Stuart Maconie ‘J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his genius.’ Dame Judi Dench
J B Priestley
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Author : Maggie B. Gale
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-03-03
J B Priestley written by Maggie B. Gale and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-03 with Art categories.
The first book to provide a detailed and up to date analysis of Priestley’s enormous contribution to twentieth century British theatre. This study unpicks the contradictions of a playwright and theatre theorist popular with audiences but too often dismissed by critics.
Delight
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Author : J. B. Priestley
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2023-04-13
Delight written by J. B. Priestley and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-13 with Literary Collections categories.
‘An exquisitely-written, generous, funny, thoughtful book about the everyday joys of being alive. I love it.’ Dolly Alderton ‘J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his genius.’ Dame Judi Dench
Papers From Lilliput
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Author : J. B. Priestley
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-04
Papers From Lilliput written by J. B. Priestley and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-04 with Fiction categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Papers from Lilliput" by J. B. Priestley. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Travel Writing In An Age Of Global Quarantine
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Author : Gary Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2021-09-07
Travel Writing In An Age Of Global Quarantine written by Gary Fisher and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Travel categories.
Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine is an anthology of travel accounts, by a diverse range of writers and academics. Challenging conventional academic ‘authority’, each contributor writes, from memory during the Covid-19 lockdown, about a place they have previously visited, ‘accompanied’ by an historical traveller who published an account of the same place. As immobility is forced upon us, at least for the immediate future, we have the chance to reflect. Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine presents opportunities to approach a text as a scholar differently. We break with the traditional academic ‘rules’ by inserting ourselves into the narrative and foregrounding the personal, subjective elements of literary scholarship. Each contributor critiques an historical description of a place about which, simultaneously, they write a personal account. The travel writer, Philip Marsden, posits a fundamental difference between traditional ‘academic’ writing and travel writing in that travel narratives do not, or ought not anyway, begin by assuming a scholarly authoritative understanding of the places they describe. Instead, they attempt to say what they found and how they felt about it. The very good point we think Marsden makes, and the one this book tries to demonstrate, is that, as a matter of form, the first-person narrative has the ability to expose the research process: to allow the reader to see when and how a scholarly transformation takes place; to give the scholar the opportunity to openly foreground their own subjectivity and say ‘this is the personal journey that led me to my conclusions’; to problematize the unchallenged authority of the scholar. Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine challenges the idea of scholarly authority by embracing the subjective nature of research and the first-person element. We address a problematic distance between travel writing practice and travel writing scholarship, in which the latter talks about the former without ever really talking to it. Defining travel writing as a genre has often proved more difficult than it might seem, but Peter Hulme has suggested that it is ethically necessary for the writer to have visited the place described. Hulme asserts that ‘travel writing is certainly literature, but it is never fiction’. If this seems obvious, Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine asks the reader to consider the idea that if visiting the place described is necessary for the writer to claim they have produced a travel account, might it also be necessary, or at least advantageous and valuable, for the writer of a scholarly critique of that account to have done the same.
British Literature In Transition 1940 1960 Postwar
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Author : Gill Plain
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019
British Literature In Transition 1940 1960 Postwar written by Gill Plain and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Literary Criticism categories.
Examines debates central to postwar British culture, showing the pressures of reconstruction and the mutual implication of war and peace.
The Making Of Consumer Culture In Modern Britain
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Author : Peter Gurney
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-05-18
The Making Of Consumer Culture In Modern Britain written by Peter Gurney and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-18 with History categories.
It is commonly accepted that the consumer is now centre stage in modern Britain, rather than the worker or producer. Consumer choice is widely regarded as the major source of self-definition and identity rather than productive activity. Politicians vie with each other to fashion their appeal to 'citizen-consumers'. When and how did these profound changes occur? Which historical alternatives were pushed to the margins in the process? In what ways did the everyday consumer practices and forms of consumer organising adopted by both middle and working-class men and women shape the outcomes? This study of the making of consumer culture in Britain since 1800 explores these questions, introduces students to major debates and cuts a distinctive path through this vibrant field. It suggests that the consumer culture that emerged during this period was shaped as much by political relationships as it was by economic and social factors.
J B Priestley An Informal Study Of His Work
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Author : David Hughes
language : en
Publisher: Books for Libraries
Release Date : 1970
J B Priestley An Informal Study Of His Work written by David Hughes and has been published by Books for Libraries this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Authors, English categories.