Orwell's politics

Resource Information

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Label

Orwell's politics

Statement of responsibility

John Newsinger

Creator

• Newsinger, John, 1948-

Subject

• History
• Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Political and social views
• Political fiction, English -- History and criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century

Genre

• History
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"Orwell's Politics is a study of George Orwell's political ideas and beliefs from his time as a policeman in Burma through to the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four. It places Orwell's politics in historical context, examining his response to imperialism, to mass unemployment in the 1930s, to revolution in Spain and to the Second World War and its aftermath. The book considers Orwell's belief that socialist revolution was the only road to victory in wartime Britain. It discusses his time at the BBC and at the left-wing Labour newspaper Tribune. Particular attention is paid to Orwell's American connection, to his writings for Partisan Review and for Politics."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

823/.91209

Index

index present

LC call number

PR6029.R8

LC item number

Z7374 1999

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography