J.B. Priestley, the ‘Modern’ and America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12730897 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger Fagge (University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 481-494 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural and Social History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-0038 • E-ISSN: 1478-0046 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/147800407x243479 |
| OpenAlex | W2039821978 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
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 culture, whilst also developing a critique of what he saw as the lack of individuality and creativity in other elements of the ‘mass' society, anticipating arguments he would develop after 1945
Aesthetics · Creativity · Democracy · Mass culture · Modernity · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Data Analysis and Archiving · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |