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George Orwell the Essayist: Literature, Politics and the Periodical Culture

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2012

Provides an insight into the original context, qualities and influence of George Orwell's essays. This title presents the examination of his genius as an essayist. It unravels the variety, complexity and, occasional inconsistency, of essays.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781441125842
ISBN-10: 1441125841
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 155 x 231 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Academic

Notă biografică

Peter Marks is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Sydney, Australia. He wrote British Filmmakers: Terry Gilliam (Manchester University Press, 2009), co-edited Literature and the Contemporary (Longmans, 1999) and has written articles and chapters on such topics as George Orwell, the essay, 1930s British and American literature, periodicals, surveillance, and film adaptation.

Cuprins

Introduction: Orwell, the Essay and Periodical Culture; 1. From Blair to Orwell: Finding a Voice (1931-36); 2. The Radicalised Orwell: From Spanish to Global Conflict (1937-39); 3. Orwell in Wartime: Socialism, Patriotism and the Threat to Culture (1940-45); 4. Orwell and the Uncertain Future: The End of History? (1946-1950); 5. The Posthumous Orwell and the Afterlife of the Essays (1956-the present); Bibliography; Index.

Recenzii

This is the definitive, detailed narrative analysis of Orwell the essayist we have been waiting for. Peter Marks's book is a fine, original addition to Orwell criticism, a work of genuine scholarship and integrity, true to the spirit of Orwell's own writing.--Sanford Lakoff

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