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Corridors of Power. (novel) Corridors of Power is the ninth book in C. P. Snow 's Strangers and Brothers series. Its title had become a household phrase referring to the centres of government and power after Snow coined it in his earlier novel, Homecomings. (A slightly rueful Foreword to Corridors of Power expresses the hope that he is at least ...
With the appeal of an insider's view, the novel depicts concerns other than the strictly academic that influence decisions of supposedly objective scholars. The Masters and The New Men were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1954. Corridors of Power added a phrase to the language of the
Publication date. 1968. Media type. Print. Preceded by. Corridors of Power. Followed by. Last Things. The Sleep of Reason is the tenth book in C. P. Snow 's Strangers and Brothers series.
In narratology and comparative mythology, the hero's journey, also known as the monomyth, is the common template of stories that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, is victorious in a decisive crisis, and comes home changed or transformed. Earlier figures had proposed similar concepts, including psychoanalyst Otto Rank and amateur ...
Neverwhere. (novel) Neverwhere is the companion novelisation written by English author Neil Gaiman of the television serial Neverwhere, written by Gaiman and devised by Lenny Henry. [1] The plot and characters are exactly the same as in the series, with the exception that the novel form allowed Gaiman to expand and elaborate on certain elements ...
George Passant is a solicitor in a small English town, whose idealism and eccentricity lead him to accumulate a group of young followers in a mentor-like capacity. Narrated by Lewis Eliot, the novel has the more general background of Eliot's rising career and the changes in English society through the 20th century.
Corridors of Power or Power corridor may refer to centres of government or power authority as a phrase. It may also refer to: Corridors of Power (album), an album by Gary Moore. Corridors of Power (novel), a novel by C.P. Snow. Corridors of Power (TV series), an Australian television mockumentary comedy series. Corridors of Power, a PC game ...
The novel was adapted as a 1962 play by Ronald Millar and also adapted as a television play for Australian TV in 1965. It was adapted for the BBC Sunday-Night Play with John Clements as Eliot and Alan Dobie as Howard. Cyril Luckham, who had played Eustace Pilbrow in the television series Strangers and Brothers plays Francis Getliffe.