PEN, Refugee Writers and Wartime Propaganda
Lots of refugee writers used their language skills and cultural knowledge to support British efforts to persuade populations abroad to support the Allied war effort, but how much were they trusted and how did this effect their treatment by British authorities?
British Women Writers and Refugees
British women writers such as Iris Murdoch and Phyllis Bottome not only helped refugee writers during World War Two, they also wrote about them in their fiction. This chapter suggests that shared anxieties about citizenship as well as their humanitarian sympathies may have underpinned these engagements.
Storm Jameson and Fascism
Storm Jameson’s novel In the Second Year represents another of her novels of ideas: in this, she explores what brand of fascism might be produced by a curious blend of the British class system and a British public school education. Very timely…
Figures on the Threshold
Lots of writers of the mid-twentieth century portray refugee characters in their work, this article explores what roles these figures take and what they show us about the ‘economy of hospitality’ and the demands its places on both hosts and guests.
Dr Katherine Cooper 