Title Priestley's England : J.B. Priestley and English culture / John Baxendale

Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Summary Priestley's England is the first full-length academic study of J B Priestley - novelist, playwright, screen-writer, journalist and broadcaster, political activist, public intellectual and popular entertainer, one of the makers of twentieth-century Britain, and one of its sharpest critics. From his scathing analysis of a slump-stricken nation in the best-selling English Journey, to his popular wartime broadcasts which paved the way to 1945 and the welfare state, his post-war critique of 'Admass' and the Cold War (he was a co-founder of CND), and his continual engagement with the question of 'En Notes Previously issued in print: 2007 CIP data; resource not viewed Subject Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984 -- Criticism and interpretation Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984 fast Subject English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature Intellectual life Literature Literature. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056857 Great Britain -- In literature Subject Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781847791320 1847791328

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