Harold E. Goad

Harold Elsdale Goad (1878-1956) was an English poet, prose writer, and journalist.

Life
Goad was an early sympathizer with Fascism, with the pamphlet What is Fascism?, followed by two books on corporatism.

He was one of those in the British Fascists interested in Fascist ideology, with James Strachey Barnes, in relation to trade unions and guilds. The books were highly regarded by the Italian Fascist government. A small group, briefly attached to Chatham House, studied the Corporate State and included Goad, Barnes, Charles Petrie and Goad's co-author Muriel Currey ; Goad addressed a Chatham House meeting in October 1933.

He was Director of the British Institute in Florence.

Poetry

 * The Blind Prophet (1903) poem

Prose

 * The Kingdom (1913)
 * Franciscan Italy (1926)
 * What is Fascism? An Explanation of Its Essential Principles (1929)
 * The Making of the Corporate State: A Study of Fascist Development (1932)
 * The Working of a Corporate State: A Study of National Co-operation (1933), with Muriel Currey
 * History of the British Institute of Florence (1939)
 * Education in Italy (1939) with Michele Catalano
 * Greyfriars : the story of St. Francis and his followers (1947)
 * A Franciscan Garland (1951)
 * Language In History (1958)