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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Colls, Robert (1949-....)
Titre(s) : George Orwell [Texte imprimé] : English rebel / Robert Colls
Édition : First edition
Publication : Oxford (GB) : Oxford university press, 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-330 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : Angry old Etonian -- ; North road -- ; Eye witness in Barcelona 1937 -- ; Mr Bowling
sees it through -- ; England the whale -- ; Not quite Tory -- ; Last of England --
; Death in the family.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-304) and index
"An intellectual who did not like intellectuals, a socialist who did not trust the
state, a liberal who was against free markets, a Protestant who believed in religion
but not in God, a fierce opponent of nationalism who defined Englishness for a generation.
Aside from being one of the greatest political essayists in the English language and
author of two of the most famous books in twentieth century literature, George Orwell
was a man of profound contradictions. George Orwell: English Rebel takes us through
the many twists and turns of Orwell's life and thought, from precocious, public school
satirist at Eton and imperial policeman in Burma, through his early years as a rather
dour documentary writer, and his formative experiences as a volunteer soldier in the
Spanish Civil War. Robert Colls traces, in particular, Orwell's complex relationship
with his country, from the alienated intellectual of the mid-1930s through a gradual
reconciliation, to the exhilarating peaks of his wartime writing. He explores the
mistakes and contradictions, the lucky escapes and near misses, and what they tell
us about Orwell as man and author."--Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Orwell, George (1903-1950)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199680801 (hardcover). - ISBN 0199680809 (hardcover)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43711848r
Notice n° :
FRBNF43711848
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