George Orwell
Published on 21. September 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-333-67979-1 (ISBN)
Description
From a public school education, to service with the Imperial Police in Burma, to life as a tramp on the streets of Paris and London and action in the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell has remained a figure whose literary legacy is steeped in controversy. Orwell's creative and critical work has positioned him as both the champion of the political left and occasionally its enemy. This text establishes Orwell as more than a "voice of the left" and examines his enduring position in the English tradition. The essays in this volume study Orwell's love-hate relationship with England, together with his views on the British Empire, as well as offering readings of his classic texts, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and "Animal Farm".
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
further reading, notes, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-67979-1 (9780333679791)
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Persons
GRAHAM HOLDERNESS is Professor of English, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Education, and Director of Research Policy at the University of Hertfordshire. BRYAN LOUGHREY is Director of Research at Roehampton Institute, London. NAHEM YOUSAF is a Researcher at the University of Hertfordshire.
Content
Acknowledgements General Editor's Preface Introduction; B. Loughrey, G.Holderness and N.Yousaf Revolution on Animal Farm: Orwell's Neglected Commentary; V.C.Letemendia Animal Farm: Satire into Allegory; L.Hunter Orwell's Political Persuasion: A Rhetoric of Personality; R.Filloy Orwell - Paterfamilias or Big Brother? B.Campbell The Inversion of Form: Deconstructing 1984; A.Kennedy Character, Progression and Thematism in 1984; J.Phelan Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Insufficient Self; P.Reilly The Last Intellectual in Europe; R.Rorty On the Political Sociology of Intellectuals: George Orwell and the London Left Intelligentsia; J.Rodden George Orwell's England; M.Walzer 'The Journalists Do the Shouting': Orwell and Propaganda; S.Denith The Anti-Imperialism of George Orwell; S.Ingle Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index