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Gauging the Propagandist's Talents: William Le Queux's Dubious Place in Literary History: Part Two.

Shortly after the outbreak of World War One, Charles Masterman was appointed by Prime Minister Asquith to oversee a covert literary propaganda campaign in support of the British war effort. Although William Le Queux had been one of the most prominent British anti-German writers during the prewar yea...

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Published in:Critical Survey Vol. 32; no. 1/2; pp. 193 - 219
Main Author: Matin, A. Michael
Format: Article
Published: Berghahn Books Spring/Summer2020
Subjects:
Le Queux, William, 1864-1927
Novelists
Masterman, Charles F. G. (Charles Frederick Gurney), 1873-1927
World War I in literature
Literature & propaganda
National security
War propaganda
World War I
Edwardian (Literary period)
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