Tressell : the real story of the "Ragged Trousered Philanthropists"
Harker, Dave200307UU
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Robert Tressell's novel "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" shaped working class consciousness throughout the 20th century and continues to do so. Here, Dave Harker describes Tressell's life, puts his book in its historical context, and traces its success over the past 90-odd years.
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Imprint:
London : Zed Books, 2003.
Collation:
288 p. : 23x15x2 cm.
Notes:
Paperback.
Contents:
A publication history of RTP Introduction 1. Who was Robert Tressell? 2. The two souls of Mugsborough socialism 3. Ragged trousered philanthropists 4. A faithful picture of working-class life 5. The damnably subversive book 6. Pope's bloody mess-up of the work 7. For circulation amongst the unconverted 8. A dream of Fred Ball 9. King Street were lost 10. Comrade Tressell 11. The modern Lazarus 12. One of the damned 13. The end of history 14. Tressell, Marxism and hope.
Biography/History:
Dave Harker recently retired from Manchester Metropolitan University. He co-edited The Big Red Song Book (Pluto Press, 1977 & 1981), wrote One for the Money: Politics and Popular Song (Hutchinson, 1980) and co-editored the Open University Press's Popular Music in Britain series (1985). He is is a member of the Socialist Workers Party.
ISBN:
9781842773857 (pbk)1842773852 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912 HAR
Language:
English
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BRN:
2436593