A Sort of Clowning: Life and Times 1940-59 (Oxford Lives)

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A Sort of Clowning: Life and Times 1940-59 (Oxford Lives)

A Sort of Clowning: Life and Times, 1940-59 (Oxford Lives)

Written by Richard Hoggart
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The first volume of Hoggart's "Life and Times" described his working-class childhood in Leeds. This books opens in 1940, when he joned the Royal Artillery: wartime Britain is evoked, as is active service in North Africa and Italy. Back in England in 1946, Hoggart went on to teach in the extra-mural department of Hull University, travelling all over north-east England. He was also beginning to make his mark as a writer. His study of W.H. Auden was followed by The Uses of Literacy.

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Published June 7, 1990
ISBN 21119003
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After spending years working in the corporate world, Richard Hoggart finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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