Edward Upward and Left-Wing Literary Culture in Britain

The first book-length consideration of one of the major British left-wing writers of the twentieth century, this collection positions the life and works of Edward Upward (1903-2009) in the changing artistic, political and social contexts of the last century. The contributors examine the full range of Upward’s work, including a wealth of unpublished materials, bringing attention to his importance as a twentieth-century writer and assessing his legacy for the twenty-first century.