Roger Fagge
Biographic Data
| ID | 1370229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger Fagge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger |
| FAMILY NAME | Fagge |
| SIGNATURE | FAGGE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The politics, aesthetics and dissonance of music in everyday life
This article will offer some thoughts on the relationship between the everyday and the role of music. It will look at how critics and artists have established the importance of the everyday, and how this has appeared in their work. It will then explore what music in the everyday reveals about the nature of modern society
Eric Hobsbawm and the Significance of Jazz
This paper explores Eric Hobsbawm’s interest in Jazz, and argues that he helped popularise the music, gave it intellectual credibility and that his jazz writings are still relevant for jazz scholars and cultural historians. Jazz also influenced his view of history. Drawing on his recently catalogued private papers, it suggests Hobsbawm consistently argued for the historical significance of jazz, was flexible in the use of genre and subgenre and w…
Let the People Sing’
In a writing life that spanned the 1910 to 1970s, J.B. Priestley engaged with a variety of subjects, across various literary forms, ranging from politics, popular culture and Englishness through to theories of time. However it has rarely been noted that he also wrote passionately and knowledgeably about music, with the latter playing an important role in key novels, plays and nonfiction. Priestley also promoted chamber festivals, wrote the libret…
J.B. Priestley, the ‘Modern’ and America
J.B. Priestley has often been seen as representative of a nostalgic Englishness which rejected the modern world and, in the process, embraced anti-Americanism. However, as this article suggests, Priestley had a more complicated relationship with both America and modernity than has been accepted. Focusing on the 1930s, it shows how Priestley travelled widely in the United States and came to admire the democratic and collective aspects of American …
From the Postscripts to Admass
J.B. Priestley has often been seen as a ‘nostalgic’ figure whose views were stuck in the Edwardian period, leaving him unable to come to terms with the complexities of the modern world. This has be
Power, Culture and Conflict in the Coalfields-West Virginia and South Wales, 1900-22
Power, Culture and Conflict in the Coalfields
Citizens of this Great Republic”
The West Virginia Miners engaged in remarkable inter-ethnic rebellions in the early twentieth century, against the “feudal” conditions in the Mountain State's coalfields. This paper challenges the view that these actions were backed by an equally radical and class-conscious language based on Americanism. It shows how due to various barriers, ranging from ethnic differences to electoral interference, political involvement on the part of the miners…
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Citizens of this Great Republic”
The West Virginia Miners engaged in remarkable inter-ethnic rebellions in the early twentieth century, against the “feudal” conditions in the Mountain State's coalfields. This paper challenges the view that these actions were backed by an equally radical and class-conscious language based on Americanism. It shows how due to various barriers, ranging from ethnic differences to electoral interference, political involvement on the part of the miners…
Power, Culture and Conflict in the Coalfields
Power, Culture and Conflict in the Coalfields-West Virginia and South Wales, 1900-22
From the Postscripts to Admass
J.B. Priestley has often been seen as a ‘nostalgic’ figure whose views were stuck in the Edwardian period, leaving him unable to come to terms with the complexities of the modern world. This has be
J.B. Priestley, the ‘Modern’ and America
J.B. Priestley has often been seen as representative of a nostalgic Englishness which rejected the modern world and, in the process, embraced anti-Americanism. However, as this article suggests, Priestley had a more complicated relationship with both America and modernity than has been accepted. Focusing on the 1930s, it shows how Priestley travelled widely in the United States and came to admire the democratic and collective aspects of American …
Let the People Sing’
In a writing life that spanned the 1910 to 1970s, J.B. Priestley engaged with a variety of subjects, across various literary forms, ranging from politics, popular culture and Englishness through to theories of time. However it has rarely been noted that he also wrote passionately and knowledgeably about music, with the latter playing an important role in key novels, plays and nonfiction. Priestley also promoted chamber festivals, wrote the libret…
Eric Hobsbawm and the Significance of Jazz
This paper explores Eric Hobsbawm’s interest in Jazz, and argues that he helped popularise the music, gave it intellectual credibility and that his jazz writings are still relevant for jazz scholars and cultural historians. Jazz also influenced his view of history. Drawing on his recently catalogued private papers, it suggests Hobsbawm consistently argued for the historical significance of jazz, was flexible in the use of genre and subgenre and w…
The politics, aesthetics and dissonance of music in everyday life
This article will offer some thoughts on the relationship between the everyday and the role of music. It will look at how critics and artists have established the importance of the everyday, and how this has appeared in their work. It will then explore what music in the everyday reveals about the nature of modern society
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