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Reaction and the Avant-Garde : The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy in Early Twentieth-Century Britain
by Tom Villis
Overview
"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.
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- ISBN-13: 9781845110390
- ISBN-10: 1845110390
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publish Date: October 2005
- Dimensions: 8.76 x 6.44 x 0.97 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.94 pounds
- Page Count: 280
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