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Kate Macdonald & Nathan Waddell
John Buchan and the Idea of Modernity [EPUB ebook]

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Considered a quintessentially ‘popular’ author, John Buchan was a writer of fiction, journalism, philosophy and Scottish history. By examining his engagement with empire, psychoanalysis and propaganda, the contributors to this volume place Buchan at the centre of the debate between popular culture and the modernist elite.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9781317319832 ● Editor Kate Macdonald & Nathan Waddell ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4447113 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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