The Intellectuals and the Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1880-1939 - Paperback
by John Carey
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Academy Chicago PublishersISBN-13:9780897335072ISBN-10:897335074UPC:9780897335072Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, EuropeBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.50 x 5.54 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCW4Q8VTW9
The Intellectuals and the Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1880-1939
In this landmark study, John Carey analyzes the elitest views of some of the most highly respected literary icons of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This book, as defined in his preface, "is about the response of the English literary intelligentsia to the new phenomenon of mass culture." Readers may be shocked to learn that H.G. Wells liked to think that this newly emerged "mass" would be...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Academy Chicago PublishersISBN-13:9780897335072ISBN-10:897335074UPC:9780897335072Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, EuropeBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.50 x 5.54 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCW4Q8VTW9
John Carey is Merton Professor of English at Oxford University. A distinguished critic and broadcaster, he is the author of four previous books on history and literature, and the editor of The Faber Book of Science. He lives in England.
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