The Long Weekend : a Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939: And, The Reader Over Your Shoulder : a Handbook for Writers of English ProseCarcanet, 2006 - 848 páginas This contemporary edition makes available two of Graves's pieces of non-fiction that haave not been widely available since their original printing during the 1940s. In addition to the original text, this volume includes a substantial introduction that provides background information and literary criticism. The volume will be of use to students studying Graves as well as to scholars seeking both clean and durable editions of these previously obscure texts and analytical commentary from a literary scholar. As a companion piece to Graves's famous autobiography Goodbye to All That, this volume gives a broader perspective on the writer's understanding of WWI, its impact on English culture and his views on contemporary writing in England. |
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... Twenties and early Thirties . The only notable revival of simple Christianity in the period was known as the ' Oxford Group ' movement . This had been founded in the early Twenties by Frank Buchman , an American minister of religion ...
... Twenties and early Thirties . The only notable revival of simple Christianity in the period was known as the ' Oxford Group ' movement . This had been founded in the early Twenties by Frank Buchman , an American minister of religion ...
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... Twenties drew to their close , was illustrated by the expansion of the restaurant trade : fashionable restaurants could afford to spend £ 50,000 on redecorating every few years , and £ 12,000 yearly on dance - bands . When the first ...
... Twenties drew to their close , was illustrated by the expansion of the restaurant trade : fashionable restaurants could afford to spend £ 50,000 on redecorating every few years , and £ 12,000 yearly on dance - bands . When the first ...
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... Twenties , but was in a position to announce that it expected to publish Life at a considerable loss for the first year of issue . Its imitators could not afford the best copy - writers available , nor the quality of printing that would ...
... Twenties , but was in a position to announce that it expected to publish Life at a considerable loss for the first year of issue . Its imitators could not afford the best copy - writers available , nor the quality of printing that would ...
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A Social History of Great Britain 19181939 | 2 |
Armistice 1918 | 3 |
Revolution Averted 1919 | 9 |
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