{"product_id":"british-writing-propaganda-and-cultural-diplomacy-in-the-second-world-war-and-beyond-9781350412132","title":"British Writing, Propaganda and Cultural Diplomacy in the Second World War and Beyond","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book offers the first sustained analysis of the interactions between British writers, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epropaganda and culture from the Second World War to the Cold War.\u003c\/b\u003eIt traces the involvement of a series of major cultural figures in domestic and international propaganda campaigns and throws new light on the global deployment of British propaganda and cultural diplomacy in colonial and post-colonial theatres such as Cyprus, India and Sierra Leone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters re-evaluate the propaganda work of prominent writers including Arthur Koestler and Dylan Thomas in the light of new archival research, study how organisations including the BBC, British Council and Ministry of Information engaged with new media forms, analyse cultural representations of propaganda service and investigate how British literature and culture was deployed and projected as a form of soft power across the globe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing contributions from a variety of disciplines, including literary studies, visual culture, book history and radio history, this book brings together a constellation of established and emerging scholars to show the crucial role played in shaping and mediating the techniques and content of British information campaigns of the mid-twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeatriz Lopez \u003c\/b\u003ecompleted a PhD on Muriel Spark and propaganda at Durham\u003cbr\u003eUniversity, UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, UK. He is the\u003cbr\u003eeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to British Literature of the 1930s\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003cbr\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eBritish Writers and MI5 Surveillance, 1930-1960\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuy Woodward \u003c\/b\u003eis Research Associate in the Department of English Studies at\u003cbr\u003eDurham University, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCulture, Northern Ireland, and the Second World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911453315346,"sku":"9781350412132","price":131.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_27b7c366-eca5-41c0-9f78-cbe0ac142c3e.jpg?v=1738742584","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/british-writing-propaganda-and-cultural-diplomacy-in-the-second-world-war-and-beyond-9781350412132","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}