Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow : Left-Libertarian Thought and British Writers from William Morris to Colin Ward.
Title:
Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow : Left-Libertarian Thought and British Writers from William Morris to Colin Ward.
Author:
Goodway, David.
ISBN:
9781781386118
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (413 pages)
Series:
Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 48
Contents:
Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Anarchism and libertarian socialism in Britain: William Morris and the background, 1880-1920 -- 3: Edward Carpenter -- 4: Oscar Wilde -- 5: John Cowper Powys I: His life-philosophy and individualist anarchism -- 6: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War - and the case of George Orwell -- 7: John Cowper Powys II: The impact of Emma Goldman and Spain -- 8: Herbert Read -- 9: War and pacifism -- 10: Aldous Huxley -- 11: Alex Comfort -- 12: Nuclear disarmament, the New Left - and the case of E.P. Thompson -- 13: Christopher Pallis -- 14: Colin Ward -- 15: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
From William Morris to Oscar Wilde to George Orwell, left-libertarian thought has long been an important but neglected part of British cultural and political history. In Anarchist Seeds beneath the Snow, David Goodway seeks to recover and revitalize that indigenous anarchist tradition.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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