Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow : Left-Libertarian Thought and British Writers from William Morris to Colin Ward.

By: Goodway, DavidMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 48Publisher: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (413 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781781386118Subject(s): Anarchism -- Great Britain | Anarchism in literature | Libertarianism -- Great Britain | Libertarianism in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow : Left-Libertarian Thought and British Writers from William Morris to Colin WardDDC classification: 320.5120941 LOC classification: HX833 -- .G66 2006ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Anarchism and libertarian socialism in Britain: William Morris and the background, 1880-1920 -- 3: Edward Carpenter -- 4: Oscar Wilde -- 5: John Cowper Powys I: His life-philosophy and individualist anarchism -- 6: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War - and the case of George Orwell -- 7: John Cowper Powys II: The impact of Emma Goldman and Spain -- 8: Herbert Read -- 9: War and pacifism -- 10: Aldous Huxley -- 11: Alex Comfort -- 12: Nuclear disarmament, the New Left - and the case of E.P. Thompson -- 13: Christopher Pallis -- 14: Colin Ward -- 15: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: From William Morris to Oscar Wilde to George Orwell, left-libertarian thought has long been an important but neglected part of British cultural and political history. In Anarchist Seeds beneath the Snow, David Goodway seeks to recover and revitalize that indigenous anarchist tradition.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Anarchism and libertarian socialism in Britain: William Morris and the background, 1880-1920 -- 3: Edward Carpenter -- 4: Oscar Wilde -- 5: John Cowper Powys I: His life-philosophy and individualist anarchism -- 6: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War - and the case of George Orwell -- 7: John Cowper Powys II: The impact of Emma Goldman and Spain -- 8: Herbert Read -- 9: War and pacifism -- 10: Aldous Huxley -- 11: Alex Comfort -- 12: Nuclear disarmament, the New Left - and the case of E.P. Thompson -- 13: Christopher Pallis -- 14: Colin Ward -- 15: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

From William Morris to Oscar Wilde to George Orwell, left-libertarian thought has long been an important but neglected part of British cultural and political history. In Anarchist Seeds beneath the Snow, David Goodway seeks to recover and revitalize that indigenous anarchist tradition.

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