Authors Take a Stand on the Irish War: Virginia Woolf, Ford Madox Ford, and the Rediscovery of a Significant Document for the Politics of Modernism

A virtually unknown petition signed by fifty prominent intellectuals protesting against the violent tactics of the Black and Tans in Ireland appeared in several newspapers in January 1921. Signatories included leading writers, scientists and academics of the day, such as Arnold Bennett, G. K. Cheste...

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Published inLiterature and history Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 63 - 77
Main Author Saunders, Max
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.05.2023
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Virginia Woolf
Ford Madox Ford
public intellectuals
protest
Ireland
the Black-and-Tans
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Summary:A virtually unknown petition signed by fifty prominent intellectuals protesting against the violent tactics of the Black and Tans in Ireland appeared in several newspapers in January 1921. Signatories included leading writers, scientists and academics of the day, such as Arnold Bennett, G. K. Chesterton, Walter de la Mare, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, Roger Fry, Jane Harrison, J. M. Keynes, Gilbert Murray, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Dorothy Richardson, Siegfried Sassoon, May Sinclair, R. H. Tawney and Virginia Woolf. The article discusses the origins of the petition, its political context and orientation, and its significance for the literary and political history of Modernism.
ISSN:0306-1973
2050-4594
DOI:10.1177/03061973231175838