An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
The Intellectuals and the Masses
Author: John Carey
Referenced in 2 episodes
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September 24, 2023
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Described as a 'great literary critic in his book' which was 'a massive dissection of the Bloomsbury group' and discussed proto-fascist cultural imagination
July 22, 2022
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Explicitly referenced as a book they've mentioned before on the podcast, discussing the intellectual turn against the masses at the beginning of the 20th century, and how intellectuals disliked suburban culture emblematic of Metroland.