02262nam a22003378a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002700224082002100251100002700272245009800299264005200397300005900449336002600508337002600534338003600560490004200596500007300638520103800711700002601749776003501775830004301810856007101853CR9781139045681UkCbUP20180107143415.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||110303s2012||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139045681 (ebook)  z9780521769235 (hardback)  z9780521132558 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aPR6029.R8 bZ7752 201200a828/.91209 B2231 aRodden, John,eauthor.14aThe Cambridge Introduction to George Orwell / [electronic resource]cJohn Rodden, John Rossi. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2012.  a1 online resource (148 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aCambridge Introductions to Literature  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aArguably the most influential political writer of the twentieth century, George Orwell remains a crucial voice for our times. Known world-wide for his two best-selling masterpieces Nineteen Eighty-Four, a gripping portrait of a dystopian future, and Animal Farm, a brilliant satire on the Russian Revolution, Orwell has been revered as an essayist, journalist and literary-political intellectual, and his works have exerted a powerful international impact on the post-World War Two era. This Introduction examines Orwell's life, work and legacy, addressing his towering achievement and his ongoing appeal. Combining important biographical detail with close analysis of his writings, the book considers the various genres in which Orwell wrote: the realistic novel, the essay, journalism and the anti-utopia. Ideally suited for readers approaching Orwell's work for the first time, the book concludes with an extended reflection on why George Orwell has enjoyed a literary afterlife unprecedented among modern authors in any language.1 aRossi, John,eauthor.08iPrint version: z9780521769235 0aCambridge Introductions to Literature.40uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139045681zCambridge Books Online