LEADER 04012nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910970606703321 005 20240417222040.0 010 $a9786613028808 010 $a9781283028806 010 $a1283028808 010 $a9780252090226 010 $a0252090225 035 $a(CKB)3390000000006589 035 $a(OCoLC)709664729 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10603903 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544471 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11335566 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544471 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10535625 035 $a(PQKB)10906706 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414108 035 $a(OCoLC)867794030 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23704 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603903 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL302880 035 $a(OCoLC)923495837 035 $a(Perlego)2382896 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000006589 100 $a20100723d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOrwell $elife and art /$fJeffrey Meyers 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780252035616 311 08$a0252035615 311 08$a9780252077463 311 08$a0252077466 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[231]-249) and index. 327 $tThe life --$tOrwell's painful childhood --$tOrwell's Burma --$tThe ethics of responsibility : Burmese days --$tOrwell : the honorary proletarian --$tOrwell and the experience of France --$t"An affirming flame" : homage to Catalonia --$tRepeating the old lies --$tThe art --$tOrwell's apocalypse : coming up for air --$tOrwell as film critic --$tThe reluctant propagandist --$tThe wind in the willows : a new source for Animal farm --$tOrwell's bestiary : the political allegory of Animal farm --$tThe evolution of Nineteen eighty-four --$tNineteen eighty-four : a novel of the 1930's --$tMiseries and splendors of scholarship --$tThe complete works of George Orwell --$tOrwell : a voice that naked goes --$tOrwell and the art of writing --$tOrwell's satiric humor --$tOrwell after Orwell --$tReviewing the Orwellian's --$tTrue to life : writing Orwell's biography. 330 $aThis remarkable volume collects, for the first time, essays representing more than four decades of scholarship by one of the world's leading authorities on George Orwell. In clear, energetic prose that exemplifies his indefatigable attention to Orwell's life work, Jeffrey Meyers analyzes the works and reception of one of the most widely read and admired twentieth-century authors._x000B__x000B_Orwell: Life and Art covers the novelist's painful childhood and presents accounts of his autobiographical writings from the beginning of his career through the Spanish Civil War. Meyers continues with analyses of Orwell's major works, including Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, as well as his style, distinctive satiric humor, and approach to the art of writing. Meyers ends with a scrupulous examination of six biographies of Orwell, including his own, that embodies a consummate grasp and mastery of both the art of biography and Orwell's life and legacy._x000B__x000B_Writing with an authority born of decades of focused scholarship, visits to Orwell's homes and workplaces, and interviews with his survivors, Meyers sculpts a dynamic view of Orwell's enduring influence on literature, art, culture, and politics. 606 $aAuthors, English$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aJournalists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 615 0$aAuthors, English 615 0$aJournalists 676 $a828/.91209 686 $a18.05$2bcl 700 $aMeyers$b Jeffrey$0156053 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970606703321 996 $aOrwell$94354804 997 $aUNINA