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Writing the radio war : literature, politics and the BBC, 1939-1945 /

Wartime British writers took to the airwaves to reshape the nation and the Empire. 'Writing the Radio War' positions the Second World War as a critical moment in the history of cultural mediation in Britain. Through chapters focusing on the middlebrow radicalism of J.B. Priestley, ground-b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Whittington, Ian
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Series:	Edinburgh critical studies in war and culture.
Subjects:	British Broadcasting Corporation > History. World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain > Radio broadcasting and the war. World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain. Radio broadcasting > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

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