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Selected Essays

Orwell, George Collini Stefan
Heftet / 2021 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198804178
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
254 gr
Høyde
195 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
368

Forfatter
Orwell, George
Redaktør
Collini Stefan

Biografisk notat

Stefan Collini is Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature. After degrees at Cambridge and Yale, he taught at the University of Sussex before moving to a post in the Faculty in 1986. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a frequent contributor to The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, The Nation, and other periodicals, and an occasional broadcaster.

Selected Essays

Orwell, George Collini Stefan
Heftet / 2021 / Engelsk
Orwell, George Collini Stefan
Heftet / 2021 / Engelsk
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It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it. George Orwell was one of the most celebrated essayists in the English language, and there are quite a few of his essays which are probably better known than any of his other writings apart from Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Stefan Collini presents a collection of Orwell's longer, major essays as well as a selection of shorter pieces, arranged into three categories: Personal/Descriptive, Literary, and Political.
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Orwell was one of the most celebrated essayists in the English language, and there are quite a few of his essays which are probably better known than any of his other writings apart from Aminal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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Introduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography A Chronology of George Orwell Selected Essays Shooting an elephant (1936) Inside the whale (1940) Charles Dickens (1940) Boys' weeklies (1940) The art of Donald McGill (1941) Wells, Hitler and the world state (1941) Rudyard Kipling (1942) Raffles and Miss Blandish (1944) In defence of P.G. Wodehouse (1945) Notes on nationalism (1945) The prevention of literature (1946) Decline of the English murder (1946) Politics and the English language (1946) Confessions of a book reviewer (1946) Why I write (1946) Politics vs literature: an examination of Gulliver's Travels (1946) How the poor die (1946) Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool (1947) Writers and Leviathan (1948) Explanatory Notes
Les mer
Brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a selection of shorter pieces Stefan Collini's introduction places the essays in context and explains the arrangement into three categories: Personal/Descriptive, Literary, and Political Uses authoritative texts of Orwells essays taken from the editions overseen by Orwell and then checked against later scholarly versions Includes extensive notes, a chronology, and guidance on further reading
Les mer
Stefan Collini is Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature. After degrees at Cambridge and Yale, he taught at the University of Sussex before moving to a post in the Faculty in 1986. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a frequent contributor to The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, The Nation, and other periodicals, and an occasional broadcaster.
Les mer
Brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a selection of shorter pieces Stefan Collini's introduction places the essays in context and explains the arrangement into three categories: Personal/Descriptive, Literary, and Political Uses authoritative texts of Orwells essays taken from the editions overseen by Orwell and then checked against later scholarly versions Includes extensive notes, a chronology, and guidance on further reading
Les mer

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It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it. George Orwell was one of the most celebrated essayists in the English language, and there are quite a few of his essays which are probably better known than any of his other writings apart from Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Stefan Collini presents a collection of Orwell's longer, major essays as well as a selection of shorter pieces, arranged into three categories: Personal/Descriptive, Literary, and Political.
Les mer
Orwell was one of the most celebrated essayists in the English language, and there are quite a few of his essays which are probably better known than any of his other writings apart from Aminal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Les mer
Introduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography A Chronology of George Orwell Selected Essays Shooting an elephant (1936) Inside the whale (1940) Charles Dickens (1940) Boys' weeklies (1940) The art of Donald McGill (1941) Wells, Hitler and the world state (1941) Rudyard Kipling (1942) Raffles and Miss Blandish (1944) In defence of P.G. Wodehouse (1945) Notes on nationalism (1945) The prevention of literature (1946) Decline of the English murder (1946) Politics and the English language (1946) Confessions of a book reviewer (1946) Why I write (1946) Politics vs literature: an examination of Gulliver's Travels (1946) How the poor die (1946) Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool (1947) Writers and Leviathan (1948) Explanatory Notes
Les mer
Brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a selection of shorter pieces Stefan Collini's introduction places the essays in context and explains the arrangement into three categories: Personal/Descriptive, Literary, and Political Uses authoritative texts of Orwells essays taken from the editions overseen by Orwell and then checked against later scholarly versions Includes extensive notes, a chronology, and guidance on further reading
Les mer
Stefan Collini is Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature. After degrees at Cambridge and Yale, he taught at the University of Sussex before moving to a post in the Faculty in 1986. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a frequent contributor to The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, The Nation, and other periodicals, and an occasional broadcaster.
Les mer
Brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a selection of shorter pieces Stefan Collini's introduction places the essays in context and explains the arrangement into three categories: Personal/Descriptive, Literary, and Political Uses authoritative texts of Orwells essays taken from the editions overseen by Orwell and then checked against later scholarly versions Includes extensive notes, a chronology, and guidance on further reading
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198804178
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
254 gr
Høyde
195 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
368

Forfatter
Orwell, George
Redaktør
Collini Stefan

Biografisk notat

Stefan Collini is Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature. After degrees at Cambridge and Yale, he taught at the University of Sussex before moving to a post in the Faculty in 1986. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a frequent contributor to The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, The Nation, and other periodicals, and an occasional broadcaster.

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