Ten Years On The Parish by Mike Morris
George Garrett (1896-1966) was a Merchant Seaman, writer, playwright and radical activist. His autobiographical work Ten Years On The Parish, written in the late 1930s, is published here together with a series of letters between Garrett and New Writing editor John Lehmann, which reveal a unique insight into the relationship between a working-class writer and his editor.
Reviews ‘Probably the most significant working-class writer of his generation’
John Lucas, Professor Emeritus at the Universities of Loughborough and Nottingham Trent
'Garrett was all about truth. He worked hard to discover truth. He worked harder to express it. And most of all, he lived it.’
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
'Alan O’Toole claims that George Garrett’s time at the Unity Theatre was ‘an enterprise which took both literature and the ‘message’ straight to the people on the streets.’ Now, thanks to this formidable book, we gain an insight into the man, his life and struggles. I only wish he was here to see this book finally in print – and for the record, I believe it is better than the George Orwell book!'
John Maguire, Ten Million Hardbacks
'Although extracts from Ten Years on the Parish have previously been published in selections of Garrett’s work edited variously by Alan O’Toole, Jerry Dawson and Michael Murphy, this is the first time that the whole of the MS has been published. The editors are to be congratulated for putting the book into print, with a helpful apparatus of notes.'
Andy Croft, Soundings
'This book is a welcome addition to the recent revival of interest in George Garrett, Liverpool writer and radical internationalist. It publishes Garrett’s autobiography in full for the first time, as well as a series of letters he exchanged with the literary journal editor John Lehmann [...] The editors of this volume, and all those who worked on the Garrett Archive project, have made an important contribution. This book moves us some way forward in understanding George Garrett, his work and his times, and in opening up his writing for further research and study.'
Dr Graeme J. Milne, Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire
John Lucas, Professor Emeritus at the Universities of Loughborough and Nottingham Trent
'Garrett was all about truth. He worked hard to discover truth. He worked harder to express it. And most of all, he lived it.’
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
'Alan O’Toole claims that George Garrett’s time at the Unity Theatre was ‘an enterprise which took both literature and the ‘message’ straight to the people on the streets.’ Now, thanks to this formidable book, we gain an insight into the man, his life and struggles. I only wish he was here to see this book finally in print – and for the record, I believe it is better than the George Orwell book!'
John Maguire, Ten Million Hardbacks
'Although extracts from Ten Years on the Parish have previously been published in selections of Garrett’s work edited variously by Alan O’Toole, Jerry Dawson and Michael Murphy, this is the first time that the whole of the MS has been published. The editors are to be congratulated for putting the book into print, with a helpful apparatus of notes.'
Andy Croft, Soundings
'This book is a welcome addition to the recent revival of interest in George Garrett, Liverpool writer and radical internationalist. It publishes Garrett’s autobiography in full for the first time, as well as a series of letters he exchanged with the literary journal editor John Lehmann [...] The editors of this volume, and all those who worked on the Garrett Archive project, have made an important contribution. This book moves us some way forward in understanding George Garrett, his work and his times, and in opening up his writing for further research and study.'
Dr Graeme J. Milne, Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire
Mike Morris is Co-Director of Writing on the Wall, organiser of the George Garrett Archive Project and Playwright. Tony Wailey is a writer, historian and former advisor and teacher of mature students at Adult Education Colleges and Universities of Middlesex, East London and University of the Arts. Andrew Davies is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Liverpool.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786940759 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786940752 |
| Title | Ten Years On The Parish |
| Author | Mike Morris |
| Series | Liverpool English Texts And Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Year published | 2017-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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