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Critical Companion to George Orwell
  • Authored by: Edward Quinn
  • From the Series: Critical Companion to
  • Trim Size: 7-3/8 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 0816070911
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-7091-6
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $75.00
  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 06/01/2009
  • Dewey Number: 828
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up
  • Pages: 464

Summary

George Orwell is one of the great writers of the 20th century, famous for his direct and powerful style as well as for his fictional condemnations of totalitarianism.

The new Critical Companion to George Orwell is an up-to-date and useful reference to Orwell's life and work for high school and college-level students. All his works are covered, including two of the most-recognized novels of the 20th century: Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four; his famous essays, such as "Politics and the English Language" and "Shooting an Elephant"; his book-length nonfiction, such as Homage to Catalonia and Down and Out in Paris and London; and more. Also included are detailed entries on his life and related people, places, and topics.

Entries include:

  • Synopses and critical assessments of all Orwell's major work
  • Descriptions of characters in Orwell's fiction, such as Winston Smith, Napoleon the pig, and more
  • Descriptions of people, places, and topics important in Orwell's life and work, such as communism, the Spanish civil war, and more
  • Appendixes, including a chronology and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

Specifications

Black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Index. Appendix. Bibliographies. Cross-references. Chronology.

About the Author(s)

Edward Quinn is a professor emeritus of English at the City College of New York and holds a Ph.D. from New York University. He has written or edited several major reference works, including A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms, Second Edition and History in Literature for Facts On File, as well as The Reader's Encyclopedia of Shakespeare and The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews and Awards

"...condenses a great deal of information into a form suitable for undergraduates but also of value to all of Orwell's readers. Recommended."


Choice

"...may be the most thorough reference work devoted to [the] subject...an exemplary study of this important figure."


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