The Resource A writer of our time : the life and work of John Berger, Joshua Sperling
A writer of our time : the life and work of John Berger, Joshua Sperling
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- Summary
- "John Berger is one of the most influential thinkers and writers of postwar Europe. As a novelist, he won the Booker Prize in 1972, donating half his prize money to the Black Panthers. As a TV presenter, he changed the way we looked at art through Ways of Seeing. As a storyteller and political activist, he defended the rights and dignity of workers, migrants and the oppressed around the world. He remained a revolutionary up to his death in January 2017. In A Writer of Our Time, Joshua Sperling places Berger's life and work within the historical narrative of postwar Britain and beyond. The book explores questions that vexed a generation: the purpose of art, the nature of creative freedom, the meaning of commitment. Drawing on extensive interviews, close readings and a wealth of archival sources only recently made available, the book brings the many different faces of John Berger together and shows him as one of the most vital, and brilliant, thinkers and storytellers of our time"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781786637420
- Label
- A writer of our time : the life and work of John Berger
- Title
- A writer of our time
- Title remainder
- the life and work of John Berger
- Statement of responsibility
- Joshua Sperling
- Subject
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- Authors, English
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Berger, John
- Berger, John -- Criticism and interpretation
- Berger, John -- Criticism and interpretation
- Biographies
- 1900-1999
- Biography
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Great Britain
- Biographies
- Art critics
- Art critics -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Art critics -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "John Berger is one of the most influential thinkers and writers of postwar Europe. As a novelist, he won the Booker Prize in 1972, donating half his prize money to the Black Panthers. As a TV presenter, he changed the way we looked at art through Ways of Seeing. As a storyteller and political activist, he defended the rights and dignity of workers, migrants and the oppressed around the world. He remained a revolutionary up to his death in January 2017. In A Writer of Our Time, Joshua Sperling places Berger's life and work within the historical narrative of postwar Britain and beyond. The book explores questions that vexed a generation: the purpose of art, the nature of creative freedom, the meaning of commitment. Drawing on extensive interviews, close readings and a wealth of archival sources only recently made available, the book brings the many different faces of John Berger together and shows him as one of the most vital, and brilliant, thinkers and storytellers of our time"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sperling, Joshua,
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Berger, John
- Berger, John
- Authors, English
- Art critics
- Art critics
- Authors, English
- Great Britain
- Label
- A writer of our time : the life and work of John Berger, Joshua Sperling
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1057239015
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781786637420
- Lccn
- 2018033485
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028714758
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1057239015
- Label
- A writer of our time : the life and work of John Berger, Joshua Sperling
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1057239015
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781786637420
- Lccn
- 2018033485
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028714758
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1057239015
Subject
- Authors, English
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Berger, John
- Berger, John -- Criticism and interpretation
- Berger, John -- Criticism and interpretation
- Biographies
- 1900-1999
- Biography
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Great Britain
- Biographies
- Art critics
- Art critics -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Art critics -- Great Britain -- Biography
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