Ten Years on the Parish - The Autobiography and Letters of George Garrett

George Garrett (1896-1966) was a Merchant Seaman, writer, playwright and radical activist. His autobiographical work Ten Years On The Parish, written in the late 1930s, is published here together with a series of letters between Garrett and New Writing editor John Lehmann, which reveal a unique insight into the relationship between a working-class writer and his editor.

About the author

Andrew Davies is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Liverpool.

Mike Morris is Co-Director of Writing on the Wall, organiser of the George Garrett Archive Project and Playwright.

Tony Wailey is a writer, historian and former advisor and teacher of mature students at Adult Education Colleges and Universities of Middlesex, East London and University of the Arts.

Summary

George Garrett (1896-1966) was a Merchant Seaman, writer, playwright and radical activist. His autobiographical work Ten Years On The Parish, written in the late 1930s, is published here together with a series of letters between Garrett and New Writing editor John Lehmann, which reveal a unique insight into the relationship between a working-class writer and his editor.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Davies, Mike Morris, Tony Morris Wailey
• Assisted by: Andrew Davies (Editor), Mike Morris (Editor), Tony Wailey (Editor)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2017
• EAN: 9781786940568
• ISBN: 978-1-78694-056-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies; Liverpool English Texts and St; Liverpool English Texts and St
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies