Stuart Hood, Twentieth-Century Partisan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527554474)

This collection introduces the reader to the life and times of Stuart Hood (1915-2011). Highlighting Hoodâ (TM)s year spent fighting with the Italian Resistance during the Second World War, the essays consider how his experiences as a partisan influenced his peacetime trajectory. Written by distinguished scholars from several disciplines, each chapter examines different aspects of Hoodâ (TM)s life and work, including his Scottish boyhood and university education in Edinburgh; his distinguished career as a broadcaster presiding over an era of unprecedented creativity at BBC television; his role in the establishment of the discipline of media studies; and his contribution to radical European culture as the translator of 40 literary works from Italian, German, French and Russian, and as the author of eight acclaimed novels. Stuart Hoodâ (TM)s reticence made him an enigma to many who knew him. This collection assesses his many-faceted achievements, demonstrating how his life provides fresh insights into twentieth-century European history.

This book will appeal to readers interested in the history of British and European socialism, media studies and literature.

Author: David Hutchison
ISBN-10: 1527554473
ISBN-13: 9781527554474
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/14/2020
Pages: 257
Format: Hardcover