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

Baxendale, John,

Priestley's England : J.B. Priestley and English culture / John Baxendale. - 1 online resource

Previously issued in print: 2007.

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 'En.

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Priestley, J. B. 1894-1984 --Criticism and interpretation.
Priestley, J. B. 1894-1984 --Criticism and interpretation.
Priestley, J. B. 1894-1984.


1900-1999


English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Literature.


Great Britain--Intellectual life--20th century.
Great Britain--In literature.
Grande-Bretagne--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
Great Britain.


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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