Picturing England between the wars : word and image 1918-1940 / Stuart Sillars.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sillars, Stuart, 1951- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--1918-1945.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

'Picturing England between the Wars' offers a richly illustrated study of the interplay of word and image in representations of the English countryside, built environment, and domestic space during the interwar period.

Contents:

Cover

Picturing England between the Wars: Word and Image 1918-1940

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Prologue

List of Figures

List of Plates

A Note on Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Plates

Introduction

Part One: Mapping the Imagined Land

1: Some Versions of Arcady

2: Searching for a Place

3: Modern Pilgrims

4: Moving towards Truths

Part Two: Many Mansions

5: Housing for the People

6: Houses for Moderate Means

7: Modernism

Part Three: Seeing and the Reading Public

8: Book, Image, and Social Presence

9: Some Uses of Imagery

10: Imaging the Classics

11: The Ruralist and the Premier

Part Four: Weekly Communities

12: Magazines for All

13: Magazines for Women

14: The Practical Habit

15: Air-Mindedness

16: Coda

Select Bibliography

Books

Magazines and Periodicals

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-256411-0

0-19-193835-1

OCLC:

1283854927