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Why do people write about politics? And why does political writing get published? This innovative study explores the diverse world of modern British political writing, examining its evolving genres and their pivotal role in shaping political identities, ideologies, and movements. Spanning memoirs, biographies, parliamentary novels, fanzines, and grassroots publications, chapters consider how these forms have documented lived experiences, challenged authority, and influenced political discourse across all levels of society. Contributions from leading scholars illuminate the creative strategies and cultural contexts of political writing since the late nineteenth-century across varied regional contexts, from Beatrice Webb's diaries to punk zines and Conservative pamphlets. In doing so, they examine the interplay of literature, propaganda, and activism, offering fresh perspectives on the connections between politics and publishing. Accessible and insightful, this study provides a window into how political ideas are crafted, disseminated, and reinforced through the written word.
Contents
Introduction Gary Love and Richard Toye; Part I. Views from Westminster: 1. Political life-writing: biographies, memoirs, diaries, and their para-texts Richard Toye; 2. 'Unutterable trash': politician authors and the alleged decline and fall of the parliamentary novel Steven Fielding; 3. Obituarial lives Martin Farr; Part II. Perspectives from the Left: 4. Authorising herself: the political pen of Beatrice Webb Helen McCarthy; 5. Versifying politics: G. D. H. Cole and the uses of poetry Clare Griffiths; Part III. Perspectives from the Right: 6. Genres of British fascist writing: political ideas, gender, race and empire Julie V. Gottlieb and Liam Liburd; 7. The rise and fall of the 'Octopus plan': conservative political writing and publishing from the 1940s to the 1970s Gary Love; Part IV. Writing from Below: 8. Punk fanzines: formative politics and testing ideas Matthew Worley; 9. Coalfield women's writing during the 1984-5 miners' strike Natalie Thomlinson; Part V. Networks and Nations: 10. British, Irish, left, lost: revisiting Northern Ireland's 'progressive bookmen' Connal Parr; 11. From print-culture to parliament? Writing the 'New Scotland' into reality Scott Hames; Part VI. The Intellectual Public Sphere: 12. Writing for influence: social-scientists, new society and the politics of social change Lise Butler, Jane Elliott and Jon Lawrence; 13. The rhetoric of dissidence: social critics and imagined readers Stefan Collini; Index.
