Common Writing: Essays on Literary Culture and Public Debate

In A Series Of Penetrating And Readable Essays, Stefan Collini Explores Aspects Of The Literary And Intellectual Culture Of Britain From The Early Twentieth Century To The Present. He Focuses Chiefly On Writers, Critics, Historians, And Journalists Who Occupied Wider Public Roles As Cultural Commentators Or Intellectuals, As Well As On The Periodicals And Other Genres Through Which They Attempted To Reach Such Audiences. Among The Figures Discussed Are T.s. Eliot, Graham Greene, J.b. Priestley, C.s. Lewis, Kingsley Amis, Nikolaus Pevsner, And Hugh Trevor-roper. Introduction -- Part I: Literary Culture -- 1. Modernists: Ezra Pound And T.s. Eliot -- 2. Hierophants: C. Day-lewis And Graham Greene -- 3. Notables: J.b. Priestley, C.s. Lewis, Maurice Bowra -- 4. Critics (i): William Empson And F.r Leavis -- 5. Critics (ii): Lionel Trilling And Raymond Williams -- 6. Realists: 'the Movement', Kingsley Amis, David Lodge -- Interlude -- 7. Media: Little Magazines, The Tls, New Left Review, Radio Four -- Part Ii: Public Debate -- 8. Moralists: J.l. And Barbara Hammond, R.h. Tawney And Richard Hoggart, R.m. Titmuss -- 9. Migrants: Nikolaus Pevsner, Isaiah Berlin And Isaac Deutscher, Ernest Gellner -- 10. Historian-intellectuals? Eileen Power, Herbert Butterfield, Hugh Trevor-roperv -- 11. New Orwells'? Christopher Hitchens, Tony Judt, Timothy Garton Ash -- 12. Politician-intellectuals? Roy Jenkins And Michael Ignatieff -- 13. Social Analysts: 'aspiration', Attitudes, Inequality. Stefan Collini. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 331-337) And Index