Orwell and Marxism: The Political and Cultural Thinking of George Orwell, epub

Orwell and Marxism: The Political and Cultural Thinking of George Orwell, epub



Whether as a fighter in the Spanish Civil War, an advocate of patriotic Socialism or a left-wing opponent of the Soviet Union, George Orwell was the ultimate outsider in politics - insecure, scornful of orthodoxies, cussedly independent. Best known today as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell also wrote seven other full-length books and and a vast number of essays, articles and reviews. A pioneering cultural critic, he addressed a range of important issues including art, literature, 'Englishness', mass communication and the spectre of totalitarianism. Famously describing his own background as 'lower-upper-middle class', Orwell had a complex relationship with Marxism and all his work reflects the influence of British communism. In this thoughtful and original study Philip Bounds argues that Orwell's writings effectively took the form of a dialogue with the leading British Marxists of his day.

Print Length: 284 pages
Publisher: I.B.Tauris; 1 edition (16 Mar. 2009)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Language: English
ASIN: B00PCTRR6O

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