Contains a collection of critical essays on the works of George Orwell; and includes an introduction by Harold Bloom, chronology of the author's life, and notes on the various contributors.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Autobiography : an analysis of "Shooting an elephant" /; Adriaan M. de Lange --; Versions of realism /; Roger Fowler --; The underground man as big brother : Dostoevsky's and Orwell's anti-utopia /; Adrian Wanner --; Orwell's heart of darkness : The road to Wigan Pier as modernist anthropology /; Patricia Rae --; The real George Orwell : dis-simulation in Homage to Catalonia and Coming up for air /; Antony Shuttleworth --; Orwell's perversity : an approach to the collected essays /; William E. Cain --; George Orwell's 1984 and political ideology /; James M. Decker --; The dual purpose of Animal farm /; Paul Kirschner --; Making do : George Orwell's Coming up for air /; Annette Federico.