Narratives of British socialism
By: Stephen Ingle.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Socialism in literature.; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Authors, English -- Political and social views.; Socialism and literature -- Great Britain.; Socialism -- Great Britain.; Narration (Rhetoric)
Description: "What can the study of narratives bring to our understanding of political ideas that other forms of analysis cannot? In Narratives of British Socialism, Stephen Ingle shows how imaginative literature can be used to give definition to political thought.

The origins, development and eventual decline of British socialism are analysed in the writings of Morris, Shaw, Wells, Huxley, Koestler, Orwell and others, as Ingle explores the moral case against capitalism and the relationship between socialism and the working class.".

"Also investigating the ideas of evolution and revolution, and utopias and dystopias, Ingle explores how writers might hope to shape political ideas. A postscript considers another narrative form, film, and analyses its descriptions of the class that supported socialism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-191) and index.