C. P. Snow Summary

Biography EssayC. P. Snow's place in twentieth-century letters is unusual; no other major writer in any creative literary genre established himself also in science and in the high ranks of governmenta... Read more

C. P. Snow's place in twentieth-century letters is unique: no other major writer in any creative literary genre established himself also in science and in the high ranks of governmental and public ser... Read more

Critical Essay by Bernard Bergonzi [Future] social historians may find a lot to interest them in Snow's novels. But no literary work can be justified by its subject matter alone, though Snow&#x... Read more

Critical Essay by F. R. Leavis [Not] only is [Sir Charles Snow] not a genius; he is intellectually as undistinguished as it is possible to be. If that were all, and Snow were merely negligible, there ... Read more

Critical Essay by Harvey Curtis Webster Snow's great merit as a critic is to make us think and feel and not compliment ourselves on how clever and complicated we are…. (p. 30) Harvey Cu... Read more

Critical Essay by William Cooper When Snow expresses his view on what is happening nowadays in the world in general, two main theses are discernible. The first arises from his concern over the widenin... Read more

Critical Essay by Nicholas Shrimpton [A Coat of Varnish is a whodunit of] both marvellous assurance and considerable sophistication of intent…. [The investigation is handled] as you would expec... Read more

Critical Essay by Julian Moynahan [One] might say that [C. P. Snow] is a better novelist than he reads. While his prose is usually turgid and occasionally slipshod to the point of unintelligibility (&... Read more