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1 online resource |
| Contents |
A Multifarious Life -- Early Novels -- Strangers and Brothers (1) -- Strangers and Brothers (2) -- Strangers and Brothers (3) -- Late Novels -- Nonfiction: Science, Culture and Government -- Nonfiction: Biography, Literature and Science |
| Summary |
C.P. Snow was a massive and contentious presence in the twentieth century. Readers relished his novels but critics condemned them; his lectures crystallized crucial issues but provoked fierce attacks; and the two phrases he coined, 'corridors of power' and 'the two cultures', passed into the English language and spread round the world. But since his death in 1980 the full range of his writing has received little attention. This is the first twenty first century book to survey all Snow's novels and his major nonfiction in a clear, lively, informed and sympathetic way. It explores his early genre fiction, his 'Strangers and Brothers' series and his last novels; examines "The Two Cultures" and "Science and Government" and the controversies they continue to arouse; considers his biographical accounts of leading authors, scientists and statesmen such as Trollope, Einstein and Churchill; and affirms the continued importance of his work to the world today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Publisher supplied information |
| Subject |
Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980 -- History and criticism
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| SUBJECT |
Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980 fast |
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers -- English.
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Literary studies: from c 1900 -- English.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature.
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English fiction
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Literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137271877 |
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1137271876 |
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