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George Orwell is a writer who has been appropriated by very different political regimes and opinions, pressed into service as his various critics have seen fit. Though a polemicist and satirist at heart, his anti-totalitarian ideals are expounded with deft story-telling and a simplicity that belies the ultimately complex debates to which he gave voice. The changing responses to his two classic novels, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), provide an illuminating account of the developing preoccupations of the second half of the 20th century. In this Readers' Guide, Daniel Lea takes a decisive path through the maze of interpretations that has accumulated around Orwell's best-known novels, examining critical reactions from the beginning of the Cold War through to the collapse of Communist Eastern Europe, and at the same time placing Orwell within a long tradition of dystopian writings. In exploringthe artistic, cultural and social contexts of Orwell's work, it is an essential resource for students and general readers alike.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: George Orwell - Animal Farm/Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Author: Daniel Lea
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9781840462548
• ISBN: 184046254X
• ID: 04404131
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 300 g
• Dimensions: 139 × 215 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. July 2001

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