Title To exercise our talents : the democratization of writing in Britain / Christopher Hilliard

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (390 pages) Series Harvard historical studies ; v. 150 Harvard historical studies ; v. 150. Contents Middlemen, markets, and literary advice -- A chance to exercise our talents -- Fiction and the writing public -- In my own language about my own people -- Class, patronage, and literary tradition -- People's writing and the people's war -- The logic of our times -- Popular writing after the war Summary In twentieth-century Britain the literary landscape underwent a fundamental change. Aspiring authors--traditionally drawn from privileged social backgrounds--now included factory workers writing amid chaotic home lives and married women joining writers' clubs in search of creative outlets. In this brilliantly conceived book, Christopher Hilliard reveals the extraordinary history of "ordinary" voices. In capturing the creative lives of ordinary people--would-be fiction-writers and poets who until now have left scarcely a mark on written history--Hilliard sensitively reconstructs the literary culture of a democratic age Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-363) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Authorship -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Democratization -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Social classes -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Working class -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Working class writings, English -- History and criticism Middle class -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Working class in literature. Middle class in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. Authorship -- Social aspects Democratization English literature Literature and society Middle class Middle class in literature Social classes Working class Working class in literature Working class writings, English Geschiedenis. Schrijven. Sociale verandering. Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780674038653 0674038657 9780674021778 0674021770

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