Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. British Writers and the Approach of World War II
  • Cited by 4
      • Show more authors
      • You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Select format
    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 October 2014
      27 October 2014
      ISBN:
      9781107294363
      9781107054585
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107294363
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.55kg, 260 Pages
      Dimensions:
      Weight & Pages:
      • Subjects:
      Literature, English Literature after 1945, English Literature 1900-1945
    You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Selected: Digital
    Add to cart View cart Buy from Cambridge.org
    Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature after 1945, English Literature 1900-1945
    Information

    Book description

    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.

    Reviews

    'Concentrating on established writers including T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and Virginia Woolf, Ellis’s study maps the rich, discursive contexts surrounding debates over war policy, different forms of possible government and peace aims in 1939 Britain … [Ellis’s] research adds important detail and nuance to narratives of the development of public attitudes to the approaching war.'

    Laura Blomvall Source: Journal of Modern Literature

    Refine List

    Actions for selected content:

    Select all | Deselect all
    • View selected items
    • Export citations
    • Download PDF (zip)
    • Save to Kindle
    • Save to Dropbox
    • Save to Google Drive

    Save Search

    You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

    Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
    Cancel
    ×

    Contents

    Contents

    Metrics

    Altmetric attention score

    Full text views

    Total number of HTML views: 0
    Total number of PDF views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    Book summary page views

    Total views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    * Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

    Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

    Accessibility standard: Unknown

    Why this information is here

    This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

    Accessibility Information

    Accessibility compliance for the HTML of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.