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Critical Essays

Orwell, George
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781846553264
Publisert
2009-07-02
Utgiver
Vendor
Harvill Secker
Vekt
538 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Orwell, George
Introduksjon ved
Gessen Keith

Om bidragsyterne

George Orwell (1903–1950) is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War. His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be bestsellers all over the world.

Critical Essays

Orwell, George
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
Orwell, George
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
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Best known for novels<i> 1984</i> and <i>Animal Farm</i>, Orwell was also a superb essayist, and these two fine collections display his breadth of topic and depth of skill... Unpretentious, intelligent, compassionate and brilliantly insightful

- Doug Johnstone, Big Issue

It is [his] critical essays which strike home and are reread... His essays form the laurels of the crown on his troubled brow

Spectator

Orwell's essays are among the best things he did

Daily Telegraph

As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home in discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low. A frequent commentator on literature, language, film and drama throughout his career, Orwell turned increasingly to the critical essay in the 1940s, when his most important experiences were behind him and some of his most incisive criticism lay ahead. These essays follow Orwell as he demonstrates in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or a body of work gives rise to trenchant aesthetic and philosophical commentary. With masterpieces such as 'Politics and the English Language' and 'Rudyard Kipling' and gems such as 'Good Bad Books', here is an unrivalled education in - as George Packer puts it in his foreword to this new two-volume collection - 'how to be interesting, line after line'.
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These essays follow Orwell as he demonstrates in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or a body of work gives rise to trenchant aesthetic and philosophical commentary.
Best known for novels 1984 and Animal Farm, Orwell was also a superb essayist, and these two fine collections display his breadth of topic and depth of skill... Unpretentious, intelligent, compassionate and brilliantly insightful
Les mer
An excellent new arrangement of some of Orwell's best critical essays.

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Best known for novels<i> 1984</i> and <i>Animal Farm</i>, Orwell was also a superb essayist, and these two fine collections display his breadth of topic and depth of skill... Unpretentious, intelligent, compassionate and brilliantly insightful

- Doug Johnstone, Big Issue

It is [his] critical essays which strike home and are reread... His essays form the laurels of the crown on his troubled brow

Spectator

Orwell's essays are among the best things he did

Daily Telegraph

As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home in discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low. A frequent commentator on literature, language, film and drama throughout his career, Orwell turned increasingly to the critical essay in the 1940s, when his most important experiences were behind him and some of his most incisive criticism lay ahead. These essays follow Orwell as he demonstrates in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or a body of work gives rise to trenchant aesthetic and philosophical commentary. With masterpieces such as 'Politics and the English Language' and 'Rudyard Kipling' and gems such as 'Good Bad Books', here is an unrivalled education in - as George Packer puts it in his foreword to this new two-volume collection - 'how to be interesting, line after line'.
Les mer
These essays follow Orwell as he demonstrates in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or a body of work gives rise to trenchant aesthetic and philosophical commentary.
Best known for novels 1984 and Animal Farm, Orwell was also a superb essayist, and these two fine collections display his breadth of topic and depth of skill... Unpretentious, intelligent, compassionate and brilliantly insightful
Les mer
An excellent new arrangement of some of Orwell's best critical essays.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781846553264
Publisert
2009-07-02
Utgiver
Vendor
Harvill Secker
Vekt
538 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Orwell, George
Introduksjon ved
Gessen Keith

Om bidragsyterne

George Orwell (1903–1950) is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War. His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be bestsellers all over the world.

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