Literature and Politics Pushing the World in Certain Directions.
George Orwell argued that one of the four great motives for a prose writer was the desire 'to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other people's idea of the kind of society that they should strive after'. This book contains exciting new work by established and emerging sch...
| Основен автор: | Marks, Peter. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2012.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=523859 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Literature and Politics : Pushing the World in Certain Directions. |
| Резюме: |
George Orwell argued that one of the four great motives for a prose writer was the desire 'to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other people's idea of the kind of society that they should strive after'. This book contains exciting new work by established and emerging scholars that explores political literature over the last century and a half. It shows how, from The Communist Manifesto to the dystopian future of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, writers have attempted to alter p ... |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (237 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781443836036 1443836036 |