British Writers and the Approach of World War II
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19926702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Ellis (University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | British Writers and the Approach of World War II (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9781107294363 |
| OpenAlex | W4210313068 |
| Open Library | OL34714475M |
| ISBN | 9781107294363 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This book considers the literary construction of what E. M. Forster calls 'the 1939 State', namely the anticipation of the Second World War between the Munich crisis of 1938 and the end of the Phoney War in the spring of 1940. Steve Ellis investigates not only myriad responses to the imminent war but also various peace aims and plans for post-war reconstruction outlined by such writers as T. S. Eliot, H. G. Wells, J. B. Priestley, George Orwell, E. M. Forster and Leonard and Virginia Woolf. He argues that the work of these writers is illuminated by the anxious tenor of this period. The result is a novel study of the 'long 1939', which transforms readers' understanding of the literary history of the eve-of-war era
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Anticipation (artificial intelligence) · Archaeology · Art · Art history · First world war · George (robot) · Literature · Period (music) · Spanish Civil War · State (computer science) · World War II · History · Irish and British Studies · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Modernist Literature and Criticism
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |