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The popular front novel in Britain, 1934-1940

Title
The popular front novel in Britain, 1934-1940 / by Elinor Taylor.
Author
Taylor, Elinor (Postdoctoral teacher)
Publication
  • Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Series Statement
Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 153
Uniform Title
Historical materialism book series ; 153.
Subject
  • Socialism in literature
  • Communism in literature
  • English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-218) and index.
Contents
Anti-fascist aesthetics in international context -- John Sommerfield, May Day (1936) -- Arthur Calder-Marshall, Pie in the sky (1937) -- History and the historical novel -- James Barke and the national turn -- Lewis Jones's fiction.
Call Number
JFE 18-7641
ISBN
  • 9789004316102
  • 9004316108
LCCN
2017039177
OCLC
1002127503
Author
Taylor, Elinor (Postdoctoral teacher), author.
Title
The popular front novel in Britain, 1934-1940 / by Elinor Taylor.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Description
vi, 224 pages ; 24 cm
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 153
Historical materialism book series ; 153.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-218) and index.
Summary
In 'The popular front novel in Britain, 1934-1940', Elinor Taylor provides the first study of the relationship between the British novel and the anti-fascist Popular Front strategy endorsed by the Comintern in 1935. Through readings of novels by British Communists including Jack Lindsay, John Sommerfield, Lewis Jones and James Barke, Taylor shows that the realist novel of the left was a key site in which the politics of anti-fascist alliance were rehearsed. Maintaining a dialogue with theories of populism and with Georg Lukács?s vision of a revived literary realism ensuing from the Popular Front, this book at once illuminates the cultural formation of the Popular Front in Britain and proposes a new framework for reading British fiction of this period.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Form:
Online version: Taylor, Elinor (Postdoctoral teacher). Popular front novel in Britain, 1934-1940. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] 9789004356351 (DLC) 2018021631
Research Call Number
JFE 18-7641
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