Modernism at the microphone : radio, propaganda, and literary aesthetics during World War II /
Dinsman, Melissa.
Modernism at the microphone : radio, propaganda, and literary aesthetics during World War II / Melissa Dinsman. - London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. - 1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) - Historicizing modernism . - Historicizing modernism. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index.
FC -- 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.
"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 works played in the propaganda war and the relationship between modernist literary aesthetics and propaganda. Drawing on new archival research, the book covers the broadcast work of such key figures as George Orwell, Orson Welles, Dorothy L. Sayers, Louis MacNeice, Mulk Raj Anand, T.S. Eliot, and P.G. Wodehouse. In addition to the work of Anglo-American modernists, Melissa Dinsman also explores the radio work of exiled German writers, such as Thomas Mann, as well as Ezra Pound's notorious pro-fascist broadcasts. In this way, the book reveals modernism's engagement with new technologies that opened up transnational boundaries under the pressures of war."--Bloomsbury Publishing
9781474220361 (electronic bk.) 1474220363 (electronic bk.) 9781472595096 (electronic bk.) 1472595092 (electronic bk.) 1472595084 9781472595089 (hardback) (ePub)
10.5040/9781474220361 doi
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Radio broadcasting and the war.
Radio in propaganda.
Radio and literature.
Radio dans la propagande.
Radio et littérature.
Literature: history & criticism.
Second World War.
Literary studies: from c 1900.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Radio and literature.
Radio broadcasting and war.
Radio in propaganda.
Engelsk litteratur--historia.
Andra världskriget 1939-1945.
Radio och litteratur.
Propaganda.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
D798 / .D56 2015
820.935810904
Modernism at the microphone : radio, propaganda, and literary aesthetics during World War II / Melissa Dinsman. - London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. - 1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) - Historicizing modernism . - Historicizing modernism. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index.
FC -- 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.
"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 works played in the propaganda war and the relationship between modernist literary aesthetics and propaganda. Drawing on new archival research, the book covers the broadcast work of such key figures as George Orwell, Orson Welles, Dorothy L. Sayers, Louis MacNeice, Mulk Raj Anand, T.S. Eliot, and P.G. Wodehouse. In addition to the work of Anglo-American modernists, Melissa Dinsman also explores the radio work of exiled German writers, such as Thomas Mann, as well as Ezra Pound's notorious pro-fascist broadcasts. In this way, the book reveals modernism's engagement with new technologies that opened up transnational boundaries under the pressures of war."--Bloomsbury Publishing
9781474220361 (electronic bk.) 1474220363 (electronic bk.) 9781472595096 (electronic bk.) 1472595092 (electronic bk.) 1472595084 9781472595089 (hardback) (ePub)
10.5040/9781474220361 doi
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Radio broadcasting and the war.
Radio in propaganda.
Radio and literature.
Radio dans la propagande.
Radio et littérature.
Literature: history & criticism.
Second World War.
Literary studies: from c 1900.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Radio and literature.
Radio broadcasting and war.
Radio in propaganda.
Engelsk litteratur--historia.
Andra världskriget 1939-1945.
Radio och litteratur.
Propaganda.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
D798 / .D56 2015
820.935810904