Richard Hoggart: Virtue and Reward
Fred Inglis
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Description for Richard Hoggart: Virtue and Reward
Hardback. Fred Inglis tells this gripping tale of a figure of great significance to anyone who cherishes the stuff of culture, and tells it vividly and directly. It is a tale of a good man with which to edify the present, and to teach us of all that now threatens our best national (and international) forms of expression: our art, our culture, ourselves. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Richard Hoggart has been, perhaps, the best-known, and certainly the most affectionately acknowledged, British intellectual of the past sixty years. His great classic, The Uses of Literacy, provided for thousands of unsung working-class readers a wholly recognisable and tender account of their own coming-to-maturity and of the preciousness and the hardships of the life of the poor in pre-World War II Britain.
But he was far more than narrator of a neglected class. Hoggart was also a public figure of extraordinary energy and eminence. He dominated the single most important Royal Commission on broadcasting, and single-handedly he ... Read more
Richard Hoggart has been, perhaps, the best-known, and certainly the most affectionately acknowledged, British intellectual of the past sixty years. His great classic, The Uses of Literacy, provided for thousands of unsung working-class readers a wholly recognisable and tender account of their own coming-to-maturity and of the preciousness and the hardships of the life of the poor in pre-World War II Britain.
But he was far more than narrator of a neglected class. Hoggart was also a public figure of extraordinary energy and eminence. He dominated the single most important Royal Commission on broadcasting, and single-handedly he ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
578g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745651712
SKU
V9780745651712
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About Fred Inglis
Fred Inglis is Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sheffield. He has frequently written for The Nation, the New Statesman and The Independent, and contributes regularly to BBC Radio.
Reviews for Richard Hoggart: Virtue and Reward
"A heartwarming salutation to a figure who has all too often been patronized by the massive resources of English snobbery. It is difficult to come away from this biography without feeling renewed admiration for its subject." Times Literary Supplement "In this welcome first biography, Fred Inglis tells a compelling story about Hoggart with warmth and a ... Read more