Modernism at the Microphone - Radio, Propaganda, and Literary Aesthetics During World War II

As the Second World War raged throughout Europe, modernist writers often became crucial voices in the propaganda efforts of both sides. Modernism at the Microphone: Radio, Propaganda, and Literary Aesthetics During World War II is a comprehensive study of the role modernist writers'' radio works played in the propaganda war and the relationship between modernist literary aesthetics and propaganda. Drawing on new archival research, the book covers the broadcast work of such key figures as George Orwell, Orson Welles, Dorothy L. Sayers, Louis MacNeice, Mulk Raj Anand, T.S. Eliot, and P.G. Wodehouse. In addition to the work of Anglo-American modernists, Melissa Dinsman also explores the radio work of exiled German writers, such as Thomas Mann, as well as Ezra Pound''s notorious pro-fascist broadcasts. In this way, the book reveals modernism''s engagement with new technologies that opened up transnational boundaries under the pressures of war.>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Melissa Dinsman, Melissa (Lecturer Dinsman
• Con la collaborazione di: Matthew Feldman (Editore), Erik Tonning (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.09.2015
• EAN: 9781472595072
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-9507-2
• Pagine: 264
• Serie: Historicizing Modernism; Historicizing Modernism
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Radio, HISTORY / Military / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Radio / Podcasts, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Modern warfare, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General