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Under Siege: Literary Life in London 1939-1945
by Hewison, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
N Y: Oxford University Press, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards. Open tear on dust jacket. 220 pages. Stated First American Edition. Includes Cyril Connolly, Stephen Spender, Louis MacNeice, Elizabeth Bowen, Tambimuttu, Dylan Thomas, and more. ""By weaving together social history and literary history, Hewison shows by anecdote and example how writers, poets, and painters in Britain endured the war.""
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- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 148013
- Title
- Under Siege: Literary Life in London 1939-1945
- Author
- Hewison, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- N Y
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Literary London, World War II, Cyril Connolly, Stephen Spender, Louis MacNeice, Elizabeth Bowen, Tambimuttu, Dylan Thomas.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Criticism;
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