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George Orwell
A Biography
George Orwell
A Biography
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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 an enigmatic figure; a man 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 New Casebook 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 new and exciting readings of his classic texts, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. Avoiding the old cliches, the essays offer a provocative and engaged reading of the man and his work in the light of recent developments in literary and critical theory.
Table of Contents
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.
Product details
| Published | 21 Sep 1998 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9780333679784 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | New Casebooks |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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