Context Flashcards
What happened to Priestley in the summer of 1918?
He was gassed
Who did Priestley hold responsible for the deaths in WW1?
The high command
What was John Brain’s opinion of Priestley after the war?
“I think the real Jack Priestley died somewhere on the Western Front, he came out of it without any neurosis but I think he actually did die. But a writer was born and what all those millions and millions of words were written for was so that he would not remember the 1914-1918 war”
How did Priestley describe WW1?
“The open wound never to be healed of my generations fate, the best sorted out and then slaughtered.”
Where did Priestley grow-up?
Bradford- population growth possibly linked to Brumley. Huge industrial boom in both cities.
How did Priestley describe his father?
“Public spirited… the kind of man socialist have in mind when they write of socialism”
How did Priestley start writing?
He submitted articles to the local newspaper.
-Round the Hearth (age 18)- Bradford Pioneer
What did Priestley do after WW1?
Took an ex-officers scholarship at trinity hall Cambridge; settling in London writing- The English Comic Character.
Name some time plays.
Dangerous corner, Time and the Conways and an Inspector Calls
What did Priestley do in 1940?
Weekly radio-broadcasts called ‘Post Scripts’; the voice of the common people.
What was Priestley’s ideology- through his eyes?
“One must stop thinking in terms of property and power and begin thinking in terms of community and creation.”
How did Priestly politically affiliated?
He stood with no-party but was an intellectual who wanted the state to take responsibility.
What did Priestley become part of?
The 1941 committee a think-tank group who put forward ideas of how England could change should it survive the war.
When did Labour first enter power?
The 1945 election
Why did Priestley set an Inspector Calls in 1912?
Edilic times- contrast from current time. One can also look at an innocent time filled with cracks and flaws.
