Unacknowledged legislation: writers in the public sphere 9781782394686, 9781782394983, 1782394982

Unacknowledged Legislation is a celebration of Percy Shelley's assertion that 'poets are the unacknowledged le

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Unacknowledged legislation: writers in the public sphere
 9781782394686, 9781782394983, 1782394982

Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Foreword
I. 'In Praise of ... '
The Wilde Side
Oscar Wilde's Socialism
Lord Trouble
George Orwell and Raymond Williams
Oh, Lionel!
Age of Ideology
The Real Thing
The Cosmopolitan Man
After-time
Ireland
Stuck in Neutral
A Regular Bull
Not Dead Yet
II. 'In Spite of Themselves ... '
Old Man Kipling
Critic of the Booboisie
Goodbye to Berlin
The Grimmest Tales
The Importance of Being Andy
How Unpleasant to Meet Mr Eliot
Powell's Way
Something about the Poems
The Egg-head's Egger-on
Bloom's Way
III. 'Themes ... ' Hooked on EbonicsIn Defence of Plagiarism
Ode to the West Wing
IV. 'For Their Own Sake ... '
O'Brian's Great Voyage
The Case of Arthur Conan Doyle
The Road to West Egg
Rebel in Evening Clothes
The Long Littleness of Life
V. 'Enemies List ... '
Running on Empty
Unmaking Friends
Something For the Boys
The Cruiser
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author
Also by Christopher Hitchens.

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