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Fantasy, the bomb, and the greening of Britain : romantic protest, 1945-1980

Title
  1. Fantasy, the bomb, and the greening of Britain : romantic protest, 1945-1980 / Meredith Veldman.
Published by
  1. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Author
  1. Veldman, Meredith.

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Description
  1. xiii, 325 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Since 1900
  2. Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  3. Antinuclear movement > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  4. Fantasy literature, English > History and criticism
  5. Green movement > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  6. Middle class > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  7. Protest literature, English > History and criticism
  8. Romanticism > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  9. Environmental protection in literature
  10. Antinuclear movement
  11. Civilization
  12. Fantasy literature, English
  13. Green movement
  14. Literature and society
  15. Middle class
  16. Protest literature, English
  17. Romanticism
  18. Fantastische Literatur
  19. Abrüstung
  20. Protestbewegung
  21. Kernwaffe
  22. Literatur
  23. Ban-de-bom-beweging
  24. Ecologische beweging
  25. Antinuclear movement > Great Britain
  26. Green movement > Great Britain
  27. Great Britain > Civilization > 1945-
  28. Great Britain
  29. Großbritannien
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-316) and index.