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Fantasy, the bomb, and the greening of Britain : romantic protest, 1945-1980
- Title
- Fantasy, the bomb, and the greening of Britain : romantic protest, 1945-1980 / Meredith Veldman.
- Author
- Veldman, Meredith.
- Publication
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DA589.4 .V45 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 325 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This work explores the relationship between three different cultural developments in post-war Britain: the response to the fantasy literature of Lewis and Tolkien, protests against nuclear weapons, and the early Green movement.
- Subject
- Since 1900
- Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Antinuclear movement > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Fantasy literature, English > History and criticism
- Green movement > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Middle class > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Protest literature, English > History and criticism
- Romanticism > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Environmental protection in literature
- Antinuclear movement
- Civilization
- Fantasy literature, English
- Green movement
- Literature and society
- Middle class
- Protest literature, English
- Romanticism
- Fantastische Literatur
- Abrüstung
- Protestbewegung
- Kernwaffe
- Literatur
- Ban-de-bom-beweging
- Ecologische beweging
- Antinuclear movement > Great Britain
- Green movement > Great Britain
- Great Britain > Civilization > 1945-
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-316) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The romantic protest tradition before 1945 -- I. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien: fantasy as protest literature. 2. The escape of the prisoners. 3. C.S. Lewis: bridging the Great Divide. 4. Middle-earth as moral protest. 5. Challenge and response. Conclusion: within the tradition -- II. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: romantic protest on the march. 6. Theme and variations. 7. "Don't You Hear the H-Bomb's Thunder?" 8. Christians on the march. 9. E.P. Thompson and the New Left. Conclusion: CND as romantic protest -- III. Economics, ecology, and E.F. Schumacher: painting Britain green. 10. The greening of Britain. 11. The romantic challenge to postwar affluence. 12. Schumacher's romantic quest. Conclusion: romanticism and the Greens -- 13. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0521440602
- 9780521440608
- 0521466652
- 9780521466653
- LCCN
- 93012772
- OCLC
- ocm27896909
- 27896909
- SCSB-14123128
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library