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Irish writers and the thirties : art, exile and war /

"This original study focusing on four Irish writers - Leslie Daiken, Charles Donnelly, Ewart Milne and Michael Sayers - retrieves a hitherto neglected episode of Thirties literary history which highlights the local and global aspects of Popular Front cultural movements. From interwar London, to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldstone, Katrina, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Series:Routledge studies in cultural history.
Subjects:
Daiken, Leslie > Political and social views.
Donnelly, Charles Patrick, > 1914-1937 > Political and social views.
Milne, Ewart, > 1903-1987 > Political and social views.
Sayers, Michael, > 1911-2010 > Political and social views.
Donnelly, Charles Patrick, > 1914-1937.
Milne, Ewart, > 1903-1987.
English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Fascism and literature.
English literature.
English literature > Irish authors.
Political and social views.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Art and exile, 1936-1939. "Dublin to Euston our via dolorosa..."
  • "Life was one long continuum of agitprop"
  • "Equality has ceased to be accorded to us, save on paper"
  • "Visit Leningrad and take off your hat"
  • Art and war, 1936-1945. "I too have heard companion voices die"
  • "Now when all the buildings of Europe don their sackcloth..."
  • Epilogue: Aftermath of the thirties epitaphs and legacies ; "...And on my grave, I see no flowers from any people".