Through a unique set of documents never before published, this volume revisits the public furore when, at its Annual General Meeting forty years ago, the British Academy chose not to expel from its Fellowship the eminent art historian, Professor Anthony Blunt, who had recently been exposed as a form...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Cannadine, David 1950- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford Oxford University Press 2020
Ausgabe:	First edition
Schlagworte:	Blunt, Anthony > 1907-1983 British Academy Art historians / Scholarships, fellowships, etc / Great Britain Espionage, Soviet / Great Britain / History / 20th century British Academy / History Blunt, Anthony / 1907-1983 Espionage, Soviet Great Britain 1900-1999 History
Zusammenfassung:	Through a unique set of documents never before published, this volume revisits the public furore when, at its Annual General Meeting forty years ago, the British Academy chose not to expel from its Fellowship the eminent art historian, Professor Anthony Blunt, who had recently been exposed as a former Soviet spy. The facsimile documents illustrate the intensely held views of leading academics as they wrestled with the question of whether considerations of pure scholarship could remain aloof from a revelation of political treachery. Also revealed is one faction's plot to stir up a public row through the national press - a tactic that was ultimately successful in achieving Blunt's resignation from the Academy. Historian and current President of the British Academy, David Cannadine, provides the background to the Blunt story, and portrays some of the main characters: Kenneth Dover, the President at the time who struggled to steer the Academy through the crisis; the historian J.H. Plumb, who led the vicious campaign to see Blunt expelled; and A.J.P. Taylor, who was equally determined that the Academy should be willing to 'tolerate the intolerable'
Beschreibung:	xi, 100 Seiten Illustrationen, Faksimiles, Portraits 25 x 31 cm
ISBN:	9780197266786