Reaction and the Avant-Garde

The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy in Early Twentieth-Century Britain

von Tom Villis

274 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

"Reaction and the Avant-Garde" illuminates a vital facet of right-wing thought in the first decades of the century, which had a powerful hold on Europe's intellectual elite. Prominent literary figures, such as Ezra Pound, Hilaire Belloc and the Chestertons, led a revolt against liberal parliamentary democracy in Britain. This group despised parliaments as representing and embodying a 'nation'. Villis examines the literary works, private papers, correspondence and memoirs of the leaders of this anti-Semitic, anti-modern, anti-women's rights movement that formed the intellectual underpinning of European fascism.

• Reihe: Bloomsbury 3PL
• ISBN: 9781350176218
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.11.2020
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC