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Reclaiming William Morris : Englishness, sublimity, and the rhetoric of dissent / Michelle Weinroth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weinroth, Michelle, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arnot, Robert Page, 1890-1986. William Morris.
- Arnot, Robert Page.
- Morris, William, 1834-1896--Influence.
- Morris, William.
- Communism--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Communism.
- Socialism--England--History--19th century.
- Socialism.
- National characteristics, English.
- Sublime, The.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 302 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Discussing the relations between nationalism, rhetoric and revolution, this text shows how the English legacy of William Morris was appropriated in the interests of political forces seeking hegemonic power.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Philosophical Reflections: Towards a Theory of Propaganda
- Conservative Propaganda and the Legacy of William Morris
- Propaganda of the Third International and the Emerging Marxist Morris
- Martyrdom and the Communist Intellectual
- The Irrationality of Rationalist Discourse: A Phenomenology of Communist Propaganda
- "England, Our England": The Sublime Poetics of Communist Community
- "The Biting Edge of British Humour": The Sublime Patriotism of Cold War Communists
- Conclusion
- A Word on Morris the Propagandist
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85413-5
- 9786612854132
- 0-7735-6622-8
- OCLC:
- 929121128
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