Class Act: The Cultural and Political Life of Ewan Maccoll
Pluto Press, 2007
Cloth: 978-0-7453-2166-0 | Paper: 978-0-7453-2165-3
Library of Congress Classification ML420.M128H37 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 782.42162210092
Cloth: 978-0-7453-2166-0 | Paper: 978-0-7453-2165-3
Library of Congress Classification ML420.M128H37 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 782.42162210092
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Sometimes described as ‘the British Brecht’, Ewan MacColl (1915-1989) was a major twentieth-century political artist. This is the first biography of MacColl, and was prepared with the authorisation of his collaborator and widow, Peggy Seeger.
MacColl became a communist at fourteen and spent six decades at the cultural forefront of numerous political struggles, producing plays, songs and radio programmes on subjects ranging from the Spanish Civil War to the Poll Tax. Charting his involvement in radical theatre, his ground breaking radio work in the UK and the USA, as well as his musical influences and legacy, his three marriages, and his relationship with his songwriter daughter Kirstie MacColl, this is a lively account of a much-loved icon of 20th century folk music.
Drawing on extensive research, Class Act is a freshly conceived and energetically written account of a highly creative and controversial activist.
MacColl became a communist at fourteen and spent six decades at the cultural forefront of numerous political struggles, producing plays, songs and radio programmes on subjects ranging from the Spanish Civil War to the Poll Tax. Charting his involvement in radical theatre, his ground breaking radio work in the UK and the USA, as well as his musical influences and legacy, his three marriages, and his relationship with his songwriter daughter Kirstie MacColl, this is a lively account of a much-loved icon of 20th century folk music.
Drawing on extensive research, Class Act is a freshly conceived and energetically written account of a highly creative and controversial activist.
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