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Why Orwell Matters, released in the UK as Orwell's Victory, is a book-length biographical essay by Christopher Hitchens. In it, the author relates George Orwell 's thoughts on and actions in relation to: The British Empire, the Left, the Right, the United States of America, English conventions, feminism, and his controversial list ...
- Christopher Hitchens
- 211
- 2002
- 2002
1 de ene. de 2002 · 3,958 ratings293 reviews. In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell.
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- Paperback
25 de jul. de 2011 · He examines Orwell and his perspectives on fascism, empire, feminism, and Englishness, as well as his outlook on America, a country and culture towards which he exhibited much ambivalence."--Jacket
6 de ago. de 2008 · Combining the best of Hitchens' polemical punch and intellectual elegance in a tightly woven and subtle argument, this book addresses not only why Orwell matters today, but how he will...
11 de sept. de 2003 · In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, the masterful polemicist Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George...
- Christopher Hitchens
- Basic Books, 2003
- 0465030505, 9780465030507
- Why Orwell Matters
18 de sept. de 2002 · Robert Conquest's 1969 poem written to Orwell in the heart of the Cold War introduces Hitchens to his realistic assessment of Orwell, the mere mortal, not the saint, but he quickly teaches us Orwell's seminal theme, his "decision to repudiate the unthinking imperialism that had been his family's meal ticket..."
Description. "Hitchens presents a George Orwell fit for the twenty-first century." –Boston Globe. In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, the masterful polemicist Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell.
