Every intellectual's big brother : George Orwell's literary siblings / John Rodden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodden, John.

Series:

Literary modernism series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orwell, George, 1903-1950--Criticism and interpretation--History.

Orwell, George.

Orwell, George, 1903-1950--Influence.

Orwell, George, 1903-1950--Political and social views.

Orwell, George, 1903-1950.

Political and social views.

Criticism and interpretation.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 263 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.

Summary:

In Part One, Rodden opens the book with a section titled "Their Orwell, Left and Right," which focuses on Orwell's reception by several important literary circles of the latter half of the twentieth century. Beginning with Orwell's own contemporaries, Rodden addresses the ways various intellectual groups of the 1950s responded to Orwell. Rodden then moves on in Part Two to what he calls the "Orwell Confraternity Today," those contemporary intellectuals who have, in various ways, identified themselves with or reacted against Orwell. The author concludes by examining how Orwell's status as an object of admiration and detraction has complicated the way in which he has been perceived by readers since his death.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-248) and index.

ISBN:

0292713088

OCLC:

70803408

Publisher Number:

9780292713086

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