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This book visits Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" as if for the first time, clearing away lore about the essay and responding to the prose itself so that it can, with reapplication, reclaim its status as a touchstone in our era of the rule of falsehood: the age of "pseudocracy."
List of contents
1. Introduction: Be Careful What You Assign—Your Students Might Read It 2. Re-Reading "Politics and the English Language" 3. You Can’t Handle the Truthiness: How "Politics and the English Language" Suits 4. Orwell’s Corpora Delectorum: How Orwell’s Memorable Offences 5. Toward Habits of Discernment: Refurbishing Orwell’s Lists Amid Pseudocracy
About the author
Hans Ostrom is Professor of African American Studies at the University of Puget Sound, USA. His previous publications include A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia, Honoring Juanita: a Novel, and Metro: Journeys in Creative Writing, written with Wendy Bishop and Katharine Haake. He has been a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at Uppsala University in Sweden.
William Haltom, Professor of Politics and Government at the University of Puget Sound, USA, teaches courses in politics and law. He is co-author of Distorting the Law (Chicago 2004) and "The Laws of God, the Laws of Man: Power, Authority, and Influence in ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ " Legal Studies Forum (1998).
Summary
This book visits Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" as if for the first time, clearing away lore about the essay and responding to the prose itself so that it can, with reapplication, reclaim its status as a touchstone in our era of the rule of falsehood: the age of "pseudocracy."
