Radicals on the road : the politics of English travel writing in the 1930s / Bernard Schweizer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweizer, Bernard, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, English.

English prose literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English prose literature.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Politics and literature.

British--Foreign countries--History--20th century.

British.

Radicalism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

Travel writing--History--20th century.

Travel writing.

Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966--Political and social views.

Waugh, Evelyn.

Orwell, George, 1903-1950--Political and social views.

Orwell, George.

Greene, Graham, 1904-1991--Political and social views.

Greene, Graham.

West, Rebecca, 1892-1983--Political and social views.

West, Rebecca.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Therefore, argues Schweizer, traveling during the 1930s was more than just a means to engage the burning political questions of the day: traveling, and in turn travel writing, registered the travelers' growing sense of futility and powerlessness in an especially turbulent world.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 1. George Orwell 17 2. Evelyn Waugh 37 3. Graham Greene 61 4. Rebecca West 80 5. The Trouble with Dualism: Sites and Issues 103 6. The Geography of Fear: "Strange Effects of Space" 144 Conclusion 174.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613585592

9781280490361

1280490365

9780813921969

0813921961

OCLC:

759159957