| Modernism at the Microphone: Radio, Propaganda, and Literary Aesthetics During World War II UK Edition Contributor(s): Dinsman, Melissa (Author), Tonning, Erik (Editor), Feldman, Matthew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472595076 ISBN-13: 9781472595072 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature - History | Military - World War Ii - Performing Arts | Radio - General |
| Dewey: 809.911 |
| LCCN: 2015509867 |
| Series: Historicizing Modernism |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.20 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As the Second World War raged throughout Europe, modernist writers often became crucial voices in the propaganda efforts of both sides. Modernism at the Microphone: Radio, Propaganda, and Literary Aesthetics During World War II is a comprehensive study of the role modernist writers' radio works played in the propaganda war and the relationship between modernist literary aesthetics and propaganda. Drawing on new archival research, the book covers the broadcast work of such key figures as George Orwell, Orson Welles, Dorothy L. Sayers, Louis MacNeice, Mulk Raj Anand, T.S. Eliot, and P.G. Wodehouse. In addition to the work of Anglo-American modernists, Melissa Dinsman also explores the radio work of exiled German writers, such as Thomas Mann, as well as Ezra Pound's notorious pro-fascist broadcasts. In this way, the book reveals modernism's engagement with new technologies that opened up transnational boundaries under the pressures of war. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dinsman, Melissa: - Melissa Dinsman is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, USA, and also serves as the Projects and Operations Manager for the University's Office of Digital Learning.Tonning, Erik: - Erik Tonning is Professor of British Literature and Culture at the University of Bergen, Norway. He is co-editor of the Modernist Archives series and the Historicizing Modernism series, both published by Bloomsbury. |