To exercise our talents : the democratization of writing in Britain / Christopher Hilliard.
To exercise our talents : the democratization of writing in Britain / Christopher Hilliard.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2006.
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N820.90091/19
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English
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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...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2006.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c2006.
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"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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Harvard historical studies ; 150.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-370) and index.
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c2006.
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N820.90091/19
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74VKJplLPba3
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0674021770 (alk. paper)
9780674021778 (alk. paper)
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820.90091
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991022074059702626