British writers and the approach of World War II / Steven Ellis, University of Birmingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Steve, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

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

War and literature.

Nineteen thirty-nine, A.D.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 249 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

British Writers & the Approach of World War II

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book considers the literary construction of what E. M. Forster calls 'the 1939 State', namely the anticipation of the Second World War between the Munich crisis of 1938 and the end of the Phoney War in the spring of 1940. Steve Ellis investigates not only myriad responses to the imminent war but also various peace aims and plans for post-war reconstruction outlined by such writers as T. S. Eliot, H. G. Wells, J. B. Priestley, George Orwell, E. M. Forster and Leonard and Virginia Woolf. He argues that the work of these writers is illuminated by the anxious tenor of this period. The result is a novel study of the 'long 1939', which transforms readers' understanding of the literary history of the eve-of-war era.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Post-Munich I: T. S. Eliot and the spiritual revival; 2. Post-Munich II: literature of the crisis; 3. H. G. Wells and the new world order; 4. Orwell, Forster and the role of the writer; 5. Virginia Woolf and the theatre of war.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-316-05683-X

1-316-05446-2

1-316-08283-0

1-316-08047-1

1-316-07574-5

1-107-65374-6

1-316-07811-6

1-316-07101-4

1-316-07337-8

1-107-29436-3