Reaction and the Avant-Garde
Author | : Tom Villis |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2005-10-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780857716071 |
ISBN-13 | : 0857716077 |
Rating | : 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Download or read book Reaction and the Avant-Garde written by Tom Villis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.