A Man Of The Thirties
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
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Condition remarks: Top corner torn neatly. Pages otherwise clean.
A richly personal work of autobiography and cultural memoir, A Man of the Thirties chronicles A. L. Rowse's formative years during one of the twentieth century's most turbulent and intellectually charged decades. With characteristic candor and scholarly precision, Rowse details his life as a young Cornish academic navigating the worlds of Oxford, politics, and literature against the backdrop of economic depression and the looming shadow of war. The narrative presents an intimate portrait of a man deeply engaged with the ideological conflicts of his era, including his own flirtation with and ultimate disillusionment with left-wing politics. Written in Rowse's distinctively assured and sometimes combative voice, the memoir illustrates how personal ambition, intellectual passion, and historical circumstance shaped both a singular career and a generation. It stands as an essential document for anyone interested in the social and cultural history of interwar Britain.
Author: A. L. Rowse
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Top corner torn neatly. Pages otherwise clean.
A richly personal work of autobiography and cultural memoir, A Man of the Thirties chronicles A. L. Rowse's formative years during one of the twentieth century's most turbulent and intellectually charged decades. With characteristic candor and scholarly precision, Rowse details his life as a young Cornish academic navigating the worlds of Oxford, politics, and literature against the backdrop of economic depression and the looming shadow of war. The narrative presents an intimate portrait of a man deeply engaged with the ideological conflicts of his era, including his own flirtation with and ultimate disillusionment with left-wing politics. Written in Rowse's distinctively assured and sometimes combative voice, the memoir illustrates how personal ambition, intellectual passion, and historical circumstance shaped both a singular career and a generation. It stands as an essential document for anyone interested in the social and cultural history of interwar Britain.