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Scenes from an afterlife : the legacy of George Orwell / John Rodden.
Van Pelt Library PR6029.R8 Z7762 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rodden, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950.
- Orwell, George.
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950--Influence.
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Nineteen eighty-four.
- Education--Germany (East)--History.
- Education.
- Civilization.
- Educational change.
- History.
- Germany (East).
- Communism and education--Germany (East).
- Communism and education.
- Propaganda, Communist--Germany (East).
- Propaganda, Communist.
- Educational change--Germany (East)--History.
- Germany (East)--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Legacy of George Orwell
- Place of Publication:
- Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2003.
- Summary:
- Rodden, one of the world's leading Orwell scholars, sorts through the uses to which Orwell has been put in the last few decades, suggesting where, when, and why Orwell's friends and followers have sinned in conscripting him for this or that cause.
- Contents:
- I. Glimpses of the world of Nineteen eighty-four and 1984
- and after
- II. Orwell's GDR? or, Post-mortems on the "Better Germany"
- III. Man and mentor, myth and monument.
- Notes:
- Portions of Part II appeared in the author's previous work entitled: Repainting the little red schoolhouse--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1932236015
- OCLC:
- 53118972
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