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A Sort of Clowning: Life and Times, 1940-59

Richard Hoggart

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The first volume of Hoggart's "Life and Times" described his working-class childhood in Leeds. This books opens in 1940, when he joned the Royal Artillery: wartime Britain is evoked, as is active service in North Africa and Italy. Back in England in 1946, Hoggart went on to teach in the extra-mural department of Hull University, travelling all over north-east England. He was also beginning to make his mark as a writer. His study of W.H. Auden was followed by The Uses of Literacy.

Language: English

Pages: 225

Format: Hardcover

Release: June 07, 1990

ISBN 13: 9780701136079

A Sort of Clowning: Life and Times, 1940-59

Richard Hoggart

0/5 ( ratings)

The first volume of Hoggart's "Life and Times" described his working-class childhood in Leeds. This books opens in 1940, when he joned the Royal Artillery: wartime Britain is evoked, as is active service in North Africa and Italy. Back in England in 1946, Hoggart went on to teach in the extra-mural department of Hull University, travelling all over north-east England. He was also beginning to make his mark as a writer. His study of W.H. Auden was followed by The Uses of Literacy.

Language: English

Pages: 225

Format: Hardcover

Release: June 07, 1990

ISBN 13: 9780701136079

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