Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell (English) Paperback Book

Description: Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, Lisa Mullen Homage to Catalonia is George Orwells account of the Spanish Civil War. It was the last and most mature of Orwells documentary books. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: "To fight against Fascism," and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: "Common decency." Homage to Catalonia is George Orwells account of the Spanish Civil War. It was the last and most mature of Orwells documentary books and it is a sharp, focused and angry account of the fighting in Spain. The discomforts oftrench warfare, his near-death experience of being shot, and his painful and disorientating medical treatment all contribute to the books gripping immediacy. At the same time, Orwell was aware that he wasproducing a work of art: Beware of my partisanship, he warns his readers, my mistakes of fact, and the distortion inevitably caused by my having seen only one corner of events.Lisa Mullens introduction examines how the book straddles the divide between literature and history, and provides readers and students with a concise explanatory account of the controversies which have grown up around the book since its publication. Author Biography Lisa Mullen is Teaching Associate in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Film, and a Bye Fellow and Director of Studies at Downing College. Her books include Mid-Century Gothic: The Uncanny Objects of Modernity in British Literature and Culture after the Second World War (Manchester University Press, 2019) and Orwell Unwell: Pathology and the Medical Imaginary in the Fiction and Journalism of George Orwell (forthcoming). Table of Contents IntroductionNote on the TextSelect BibliographyChronologyHomage to CataloniaExplanatory Notes Long Description If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: "To fight against Fascism," and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: "Common decency." Homage to Catalonia is George Orwells account of the Spanish Civil War. It was the last and most mature of Orwells documentary books and it is a sharp, focused and angry account of the fighting in Spain. The discomforts oftrench warfare, his near-death experience of being shot, and his painful and disorientating medical treatment all contribute to the books gripping immediacy. At the same time, Orwell was aware that he wasproducing a work of art: Beware of my partisanship, he warns his readers, my mistakes of fact, and the distortion inevitably caused by my having seen only one corner of events.Lisa Mullens introduction examines how the book straddles the divide between literature and history, and provides readers and students with a concise explanatory account of the controversies which have grown up around the book since its publication. Feature This follows the original text of the 1938 first edition, amended to conform with Orwells Errata to Homage to Catalonia, which he compiled in 1949.The introduction develops the argument that Homage to Catalonia transcends its contested status as history and demands to be read on its own terms as a work of literature by a writer at the height of his powers.By examining Homage to Catalonia, not just as a historic piece of reportage, but as an aesthetic response to the rise of fascism and post-truth propaganda, this new edition emphasises its powerful influence on Orwells greatest works of fiction. New Feature Introduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography Chronology Homage to Catalonia Explanatory Notes Details ISBN0198838417 Author Lisa Mullen Publisher Oxford University Press Series Oxford Worlds Classics ISBN-10 0198838417 ISBN-13 9780198838418 Language English Format Paperback Year 2021 Publication Date 2021-01-07 Pages 256 UK Release Date 2021-01-07 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-01-07 Edited by Lisa Mullen DEWEY 946.081092 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-01-20 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:130944891;

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