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The Vision of J.B. Priestley (Hardcover, New)
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The Vision of J.B. Priestley (Hardcover, New)
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Drawing on private and published sources, Roger Fagge takes an
in-depth look at J.B. Priestley's work, seeking to reclaim him as
an important English thinker. Priestley grew up in Bradford, and
served on the front line in the First World War, before attending
Cambridge and embarking on a career as a writer. A committed
radical, he wrote widely for the press, as well as producing
autobiographies, social criticism and plays. This work revealed a
growing interest in the meaning of Englishness and the start of a
long-running relationship with America. Priestley achieved even
greater influence during the early years of World War II via his
popular BBC radio 'postscripts'. His later career, however, saw his
faith in the people give way to a disillusionment with the spread
of the Americanised mass society, although his critical response to
the latter maintained a perceptive engagement with world. The
Vision of J.B. Priestley charts the continuities, strengths and
weaknesses in the author's long career, and his vision of an
outward looking radical Englishness.
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