THOMPSON, E(dward) P(almer)
- THOMPSON, E(dward) P(almer)
(1924-1993)
UK historian and writer, whose highly articulate Marxist interpretation of the last centuries of UK history is best expressed in The Making of the English Working Class (1963). His studies of WilliamMORRIS - William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary (1955) and The Communism of William Morris (1965 chap) - are of sf interest, as is his only novel, The Sykaos Papers: Being an Account of the Voyages of the Poet Oi Pas to the System of Strim . . . (1988), a laboured SATIRE of Earthcustoms seen through the eyes of the poet Oi Pas, who comes from another planet.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia.
Academic.
2011.
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Thompson, E(dward) P(almer) — born Feb. 3, 1924 died Aug. 28, 1993, Upper Wick, Worcester, Eng. British historian. He served in Italy in World War II and taught at the universities of Leeds (1948–65) and Warwick (1965–71). He left the Communist Party in 1956 when Soviet… … Universalium
Thompson, E(dward) P(almer) — (3 feb. 1924–28 ago. 1993, Upper Wick, Worcester, Inglaterra). Historiador británico. Sirvió con las tropas aliadas en Italia durante la segunda guerra mundial y fue profesor de las universidades de Leeds (1948–1965) y Warwick (1965–1971).… … Enciclopedia Universal
Thompson — Thompson, Benjamin Thompson, Francis * * * (as used in expressions) Seton, Ernest Thompson Ernest Evan Thompson Ernest Seton Thompson Thompson, Dorothy Thompson, E(dward) P(almer) Thompson, Emma Thompson, Hunter S(tockton) … Enciclopedia Universal
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