This book analyzes George Orwell’s politics and their reception across both sides of the Atlantic. It considers Orwell’s place in the politics of his native Britain and his reception in the USA, where he has had some of his most fervent emulators, exegetists, and detractors. Written by an ex “teenage Maoist” from Liverpool, UK, who now lives and writes in New York, the book points out how often the different strands of opinion derive from “ancestral” ideological struggles within the Communist/Trotskyist movement in the 30’s, and how these often overlook or indeed consciously ignore the indigenous British politics and sociology that did so much to influence Orwell’s political and literary development. It examines in the modern era what Orwell did in his–the seductions of simplistic and absolutist ideologies for some intellectuals, especially in their reactions to Orwell himself.
Ian Williams
Political and Cultural Perceptions of George Orwell
British and American Views
Political and Cultural Perceptions of George Orwell
British and American Views
Bahasa Inggris ● Format PDF ● Halaman 186 ● ISBN 9781349952540 ● Ukuran file 4.0 MB ● Penerbit Palgrave Macmillan US ● Kota New York ● Negara US ● Diterbitkan 2017 ● Diunduh 24 bulan ● Mata uang EUR ● ID 5213341 ● Perlindungan salinan DRM sosial