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George Orwell: A Literary Life

By Peter Davison (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1996
ISBN
978-0-333-54158-6, 978-0-230-37140-8, 978-0-312-12820-3
DOI
10.1057/9780230371408
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20952506 bytes)
Series
Literary Lives
Edition
1
Pages
XXVII, 175\203
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Twentieth-Century Literature; Fiction

Description

This account of Orwell's life is chiefly concerned with what influenced Orwell, his relations with publishers and editors, and the analysis of certain key experiences - the deposition that during the Spanish Civil War he was guilty of espionage and high treason; his work at the BBC; his interest in pamphlet literature; and his time as a war correspondent. There is a detailed assessment of his earnings from 1922 to 1945 and a fresh look at his attitudes to class, women, and religious belief. Special attention is paid to his essays.

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