Clash - Softcover

Wilkinson, Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842330691 ISBN 13: 9781842330692

Publisher: Trent Editions, 2004

Synopsis

Clash is set against the backdrop of the 1926 general strike. It describes political and personal issues as Joan Craig, an activist in the trade union movement and Labour Party, lives through the excitement of mass protest and individual turmoil in her relations with two men friends. It draws on experience: the author toured the UK and spoke at a series of public meetings. Clash was first published in 1929.

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Review:

"There are two distinct conflicts in this very clever and successful first novel. There is, to begin with, political warfare. Joan Craig, the attractive daughter of a Northern factory operative, becomes a Trade Union organizer, and Miss Wilkinson, in describing her heroine's experiences, takes us behind the scenes and shows us the General Strike of 1926 as she herself probably saw it. Then there is the rivalry between Joan's two suitors..." - THE SPECTATOR

Synopsis:

Clash moves skilfully between the comfortable world of the Bloomsbury artistic set and the poverty-stricken communities of the Yorkshire coalfields. The momentous events of the period are unfolded around the life of Joan Craig, a young trade union official torn between her commitment to the workers' cause and her romantic love for a man not sharing her socialist ideals. The book raises questions about the relationship between the personal and the political and the public and the private that still resonate today. This is the first critical edition of Wilkinson's novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trent Editions
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1842330691
• ISBN 13: 9781842330692
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 199
• Editor: Haywood Ian, Joanou Maroula