The Long Weekend : a Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939: And, The Reader Over Your Shoulder : a Handbook for Writers of English ProseThis 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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... became a general term of reproach for all milk - and - water idealists . The problem of the immense war - debts owed by Britain to the U.S.A. had not yet become acute enough to embitter feelings still more between the two countries ...
... became a general term of reproach for all milk - and - water idealists . The problem of the immense war - debts owed by Britain to the U.S.A. had not yet become acute enough to embitter feelings still more between the two countries ...
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... became clear that the financiers had buried themselves in the ruins of the market and that in America the Careless Twenties must give way to what Groucho Marx the comedian afterwards called the Threadbare Thirties . The Stock Exchange ...
... became clear that the financiers had buried themselves in the ruins of the market and that in America the Careless Twenties must give way to what Groucho Marx the comedian afterwards called the Threadbare Thirties . The Stock Exchange ...
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... became an earl and took up the life of a country worthy in Worcestershire , making only rare appearances in the House of Lords . He did not , of course , pass on his torch to the youth of Britain , but to a man only two years younger ...
... became an earl and took up the life of a country worthy in Worcestershire , making only rare appearances in the House of Lords . He did not , of course , pass on his torch to the youth of Britain , but to a man only two years younger ...
Contents
A Social History of Great Britain 19181939 | 2 |
Armistice 1918 | 3 |
Revolution Averted 1919 | 9 |
Copyright | |
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