Introduction: Right Left Right

By the close of the 1920s, the European mood had changed from the disenchantment and nihilism or apolitical hedonism that followed the Great War to a more serious engagement with a politics of crisis generated by economic collapse and the social and cultural disintegration which accompanied it. Aft...

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Izdano u:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/erea,
Glavni autori: SMITH, Stan, BIRKETT, Jennifer
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: E-rea 2012
Online pristup:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sažetak:By the close of the 1920s, the European mood had changed from the disenchantment and nihilism or apolitical hedonism that followed the Great War to a more serious engagement with a politics of crisis generated by economic collapse and the social and cultural disintegration which accompanied it. After the Wall Street Crash in October 1929 inaugurated the Depression years, it became increasingly difficult for writers in Britain and Europe to remain aloof from political concerns. Loyalties, whe...