George Orwell - A Literary Life

This account of Orwell's life is chiefly concerned with what influenced Orwell, his relations with publishers and editors, and the analysis of certain key experiences - the deposition that during the Spanish Civil War he was guilty of espionage and high treason; his work at the BBC; his interest in pamphlet literature; and his time as a war correspondent. There is a detailed assessment of his earnings from 1922 to 1945 and a fresh look at his attitudes to class, women, and religious belief. Special attention is paid to his essays.

List of contents

Introduction - Chronology - Getting Started - Foreign Fields - The Profession of Author - The Turning Point - Orwell as Reviewer and Essayist - Events Leading Up to the War and BBC Years -The Last Years - Conclusion - Notes - Reading List - Tables Showing Orwell's Earnings, 1922-45 - Index

Product details

• Authors: P. Davison
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.1996
• EAN: 9780312128203
• ISBN: 978-0-312-12820-3
• No. of pages: 175
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 223 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 410 g
• Illustrations: XXVII, 175 p.
• Series: Literary Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies