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9780791075678

George Orwell's 1984

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791075678

  • ISBN10:

    0791075672

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-12-01
  • Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
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Summary

- Comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces- Concise critical excerpts provide a scholarly overview of each work- "The Story Behind the Story" details the conditions under which the work was written- Each book includes a biographical sketch of the author, a descriptive list of characters, an extensive summary and analysis, and an annotated bibliography

Table of Contents

Introduction 7(2)
Biographical Sketch 9(3)
The Story Behind the Story 12(5)
List of Characters 17(4)
Summary and Analysis 21(22)
Critical Views 43(61)
Stephen Spender on Morality in the Novel
43(1)
George Orwell's Defense of His Novel
44(1)
Gorman Beauchamp on Sexual Behavior as a Form of Resistance
45(2)
Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich
on Population
47(3)
Ian Watt on Winston Smith
as the Last Humanist
50(6)
Joseph Adelson on Self and Memory
56(5)
Richard W. Bailey on the Use of Language
61(6)
Alex Zwerdling on the Isolation of the Individual
67(8)
Bernard Crick on the Novel as Satire
75(7)
Hugh Kenner on Language, Art, and Politics
82(3)
Joan Weatherly on the Novel's Ending
85(6)
Michael P. Zuckert on Winston's Defeat
91(4)
Michael Shelden on Autobiography and the Novel
95(2)
Stephen Ingle on Historical Roots
97(7)
Works by George Orwell 104(1)
Annotated Bibliography 105(3)
Contributors 108(4)
Acknowledgments 112(2)
Index 114

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Excerpts

Published in 1949, in the midst of the Cold War, George Orwell's dystopian portrait of life under a totalitarian regime is one of the most monumental pieces of politically charged literature ever written.

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