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

To exercise our talents : the democratization of writin...

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

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

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

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Publisher

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2006.

Call Numbers

N820.90091/19

Record Identifier

74VKJplLPba3

MMS ID

991022074059702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

390 p. ; 22 cm.

Contents

Introduction : literary history from below -- 1. Middlemen, markets, and literary advice -- 2. A chance to exercise our talents -- 3. Fiction and the writing public -- 4. In my own language about my own people -- 5. Class, patronage, and literary tradition -- 6. People's writing and the people's war...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2006.

Place of Publication

Massachusetts

Date Published

c2006.

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Scope and Contents

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 book, Christopher Hilliard reveals the history...

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

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Notes

General note

Harvard historical studies ; 150.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-370) and index.

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Date Copyright

c2006.

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Call Numbers

N820.90091/19

Record Identifier

74VKJplLPba3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJplLPba3

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ISBN

0674021770 (alk. paper)

9780674021778 (alk. paper)

DDC

820.90091

MMS ID

991022074059702626

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