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Inside The Myth: Orwell: Views From The Left

By Christopher Norris

Book information

Publisher
Lawrence and Wishart
Year
1984
ISBN
085315600X, 9780853156000, 0853155992, 9780853155997
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
32 MB (33915845 bytes)
Pages
289\145
Topic
History
Time added
2020-01-17 21:35:44
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Description

Has too much homage and too little critical attention been paid to George Orwell? This collection of essays on Orwell's life and writing provides a compelling critique of the Orwell myth and argues for a more sceptical - if heretical - approach to the man and his work. A critical spotlight falls on his attitude to women in both fiction and documentary writing, his view of the state and his involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell's sacred place in the school curriculum and media reaction in 1984 are also dissected. The literary antecedents to Nineteen Eighty-Four are examined and his ambiguous place within British socialism assessed. A psychoanalytic examination of Orwell's writing and a lively, personalised look at his traumatised school-days round off a book which will not leave the Orwell industry undisturbed.

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