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C. P. Snow was a massive and contentious presence in the twentieth century. Readers relished his novels but critics condemned them; his lectures crystallized crucial issues but provoked fierce attacks; and the two phrases he coined, 'corridors of power' and 'the two cultures', passed into the English language and spread round the world. But since his death in 1980 the full range of his writing has received little attention. This is the first twenty first century book to survey all Snow's novels and his major nonfiction in a clear, lively, informed and sympathetic way. It explores his early genre fiction, his 'Strangers and Brothers' series and his last novels; examines The Two Cultures and Science and Government and the controversies they continue to arouse; considers his biographical accounts of leading authors, scientists and statesmen such as Trollope, Einstein and Churchill; and affirms the continued importance of his work to the world today.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: C.P. Snow
• Subtitle: The Dynamics of Hope
• Author: Nicolas Tredell
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 217
• EAN: 9781137271860
• ISBN: 1137271868
• ID: 04770722
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 394 g
• Dimensions: 224 × 139 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. September 2012

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