George Orwell
By: edited by Graham Holderness, Bryan Loughrey, and Nahem Yousaf.
Contributors: Holderness, Graham.; Loughrey, Bryan.; Yousaf, Nahem.
Series: New casebooks
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index.
"Contemporary critical essays"--Cover.