Author: Erika Gottlieb
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780886291754
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
An important contribution to the understanding of George Orwell's thought, particularly to Nineteen Eighty Four. The author challenges the view of the novel as a flawed work of crushing pessimism, arguing convincingly that it is a great humanist's mature vision of his deeply troubled times.
The Orwell Conundrum
Author: Erika Gottlieb
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780886291754
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
An important contribution to the understanding of George Orwell's thought, particularly to Nineteen Eighty Four. The author challenges the view of the novel as a flawed work of crushing pessimism, arguing convincingly that it is a great humanist's mature vision of his deeply troubled times.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780886291754
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
An important contribution to the understanding of George Orwell's thought, particularly to Nineteen Eighty Four. The author challenges the view of the novel as a flawed work of crushing pessimism, arguing convincingly that it is a great humanist's mature vision of his deeply troubled times.
Dystopian Fiction East and West
Author: Erika Gottlieb
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773522060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Erika Gottlieb explores a selection of about thirty works in the dystopian genre from East and Central Europe between 1920 and 1991 in the USSR and between 1948 and 1989 in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773522060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Erika Gottlieb explores a selection of about thirty works in the dystopian genre from East and Central Europe between 1920 and 1991 in the USSR and between 1948 and 1989 in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945 - 2000
Author: Brian W. Shaffer
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9781405167451
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945-2000 serves as an extended introduction and reference guide to the British and Irish novel between the close of World War II and the turn of the millennium. Covers a wide range of authors from Samuel Beckett to Salman Rushdie Provides readings of key novels, including Graham Greene’s ‘Heart of the Matter’, Jean Rhys’s ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ and Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Remains of the Day’ Considers particular subgenres, such as the feminist novel and the postcolonial novel Discusses overarching cultural, political and literary trends, such as screen adaptations and the literary prize phenomenon Gives readers a sense of the richness and diversity of the novel during this period and of the vitality with which it continues to be discussed
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9781405167451
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945-2000 serves as an extended introduction and reference guide to the British and Irish novel between the close of World War II and the turn of the millennium. Covers a wide range of authors from Samuel Beckett to Salman Rushdie Provides readings of key novels, including Graham Greene’s ‘Heart of the Matter’, Jean Rhys’s ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ and Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Remains of the Day’ Considers particular subgenres, such as the feminist novel and the postcolonial novel Discusses overarching cultural, political and literary trends, such as screen adaptations and the literary prize phenomenon Gives readers a sense of the richness and diversity of the novel during this period and of the vitality with which it continues to be discussed
Utopian Studies
George Orwell
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Facts On File
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Perhaps best known for his fable Animal Farm and his dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell was an influential journalist, critic, political activist, and cultural commentator. Within this volume, scholars comment on his political views, his perspective on totalitarianism, and his vision of other political dangers. Additionally, the experts in this text comment on Orwell's own forms of realism in his works and his unusual perspectives in his essays-sometimes pointing out where readers have misinterpreted his writing. Book jacket.
Publisher: Facts On File
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Perhaps best known for his fable Animal Farm and his dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell was an influential journalist, critic, political activist, and cultural commentator. Within this volume, scholars comment on his political views, his perspective on totalitarianism, and his vision of other political dangers. Additionally, the experts in this text comment on Orwell's own forms of realism in his works and his unusual perspectives in his essays-sometimes pointing out where readers have misinterpreted his writing. Book jacket.
Aquarius
HJEAS
English Studies in Canada
George Orwell
Author: Thomas Cushman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Explorest the life and work of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Explorest the life and work of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.
The Orwell Conundrum
Author: Erika Gottlieb
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN: 9780886291747
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
An important contribution to the understanding of George Orwell's thought, particularly to Nineteen Eighty Four. The author challenges the view of the novel as a flawed work of crushing pessimism, arguing convincingly that it is a great humanist's mature vision of his deeply troubled times.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN: 9780886291747
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
An important contribution to the understanding of George Orwell's thought, particularly to Nineteen Eighty Four. The author challenges the view of the novel as a flawed work of crushing pessimism, arguing convincingly that it is a great humanist's mature vision of his deeply troubled times.