Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W2898801077> ?p ?o ?g. }
Showing items 1 to 61 of
61
with 100 items per page.
- W2898801077 abstract "This thesis argues that British authors of the 1920s and 1930s used the novel form as a means by which to think through ideas of post-war reconstruction. The corpus of novels covered in this thesis--Ford Madox Ford's 'No Enemy' (1929), Aldous Huxley's 'Antic Hay' (1923), Winifred Holtby's 'South Riding' (1936), and George Orwell's 'Coming Up for Air' (1939)--were written by authors who were also (or were primarily) editors, activists, essayists, or journalists. Through an historical approach that takes into account the para-texts that exists parallel to each 'main' work, a specific lineage of thought is considered through the lives of authors and thinkers who were 'historical witnesses' (observers and recorders) of their times. In other words, the thesis is less concerned with these works's place in the modernist literary movement or how each individual work may fit into an authors career (i.e., how 'Antic Hay' may be an example of intellectual development leading to 'Brave New World') than with the historical engagement, exchange, and debate in the post-war years that lead to the production of a number of works which sought to exorcise the horrors of war and imagine the future.Each of the novels considers reconstruction in some fashion: 'No Enemy' works as a means by which to reconstruct Ford's memory of the war and redevelop his ability to write (i.e., a pursuit of resolution through art); 'Antic Hay' looks at contemporaneous urban planning, suggests a connection between the Great Fire of London and the end of WWI, and propagates a mindfulness towards building and dwelling; likewise, 'South Riding' considers social planning in the fictional north-east of England, attempting in the vein of 'Middlemarch' to show the complex tapestry of life of an entire community in the midst of change; finally, 'Coming Up for Air', explores the pessimism with which the inter-war years were wrought, not only because of another, impending world war but the nostalgic realisation that a pre-war order was forever lost." @default.
- W2898801077 created "2018-11-09" @default.
- W2898801077 creator A5029284469 @default.
- W2898801077 date "2018-01-01" @default.
- W2898801077 modified "2023-09-27" @default.
- W2898801077 title "Thinking through the 'present mad muddle' : the author as arbiter of reconstruction in inter-war Britain, 1919-1945" @default.
- W2898801077 hasPublicationYear "2018" @default.
- W2898801077 type Work @default.
- W2898801077 sameAs 2898801077 @default.
- W2898801077 citedByCount "0" @default.
- W2898801077 crossrefType "dissertation" @default.
- W2898801077 hasAuthorship W2898801077A5029284469 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C105795698 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C107038049 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C124952713 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C142362112 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C144024400 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C33923547 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C41065033 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C81631423 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConcept C95457728 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C105795698 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C107038049 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C124952713 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C142362112 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C144024400 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C17744445 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C199539241 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C33923547 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C41065033 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C81631423 @default.
- W2898801077 hasConceptScore W2898801077C95457728 @default.
- W2898801077 hasLocation W28988010771 @default.
- W2898801077 hasOpenAccess W2898801077 @default.
- W2898801077 hasPrimaryLocation W28988010771 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W141826658 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W1547449776 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W1797646980 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2003025561 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2178739553 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2186281210 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2270067429 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2289875706 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2412486645 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2752972359 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2772975468 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2911448967 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W3098312570 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W3132719786 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W3141974116 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W336418631 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W592755905 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W757973952 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2173661803 @default.
- W2898801077 hasRelatedWork W2289258104 @default.
- W2898801077 isParatext "false" @default.
- W2898801077 isRetracted "false" @default.
- W2898801077 magId "2898801077" @default.
- W2898801077 workType "dissertation" @default.