| Orwell's Message: 1984 & the Present Contributor(s): Woodcock, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0920080863 ISBN-13: 9780920080863 Publisher: Harbour Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1984 Annotation: "The Crystal Spirit," George Woodcock's intellectual biography of George Orwell, won the 1966 Governor General's Award for non-fiction. In this book he turns his attention to "1984," the novel which expresses Orwell's fears for the future, and his exhortations against totalitarianism. First-hand experience with twentieth-century politics combines with extensive knowledge of history and literature to give Woodcock's writing authority and immediacy. His ten-year friendship with George Orwell adds a personal tone to this work of criticism, biography, political history, and current events. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Future Studies - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 823.912 |
| LCCN: 85100066 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.40 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Crystal Spirit, George Woodcock's intellectual biography of George Orwell, won the 1966 Governor General's Award for non-fiction. In this book he turns his attention to 1984, the novel which expresses Orwell's fears for the future, and his exhortations against totalitarianism. First-hand experience with twentieth-century politics combines with extensive knowledge of history and literature to give Woodcock's writing authority and immediacy. His ten-year friendship with George Orwell adds a personal tone to this work of criticism, biography, political history, and current events. |
Contributor Bio(s): Woodcock, George: - George Woodcock (1912-1995) is one of Canada's best-known and most prolific authors. He was born in Winnipeg and educated in England, where he socialized with some of the century's most prominent writers and intellectuals including Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Herbert Read and T.S. Eliot. He returned to Canada in 1949 and taught at the University of British Columbia for many years. In 1959, he founded the journal Canadian Literature. His contribtution to Canadian culture is immeasurable; he either wrote or edited over one-hundred books including The Crystal Spirit, his Governor-Genral's award-winning biography of Orwell; Gabriel Dumont, another bestselling biography; and Anarchism a guide to the political philosophy which continues to be read around the world. His wide range of writing includes literary criticism, poetry, travel writing, plays, social history, biography, politics and essays. |
