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1、thecambridgecompaniontogeorgeorwellGeorgeOrwellisregardedasthegreatestpoliticalwriterinEnglishofthetwen-tiethcentury.ThemassivecriticalliteratureonOrwellhasnotonlybecomeextremelyspecialised,andthereforesomewhatinaccessibletothenon-scholar,butithasalsocontributedtoande
2、vencreatedmisconceptionsabouttheman,thewriter,andhisliterarylegacy.Forthesereasons,anoverviewofOrwell’swritingandinfluenceisanindispensableresource.Accordingly,thisCompanionservesasbothanintroductiontoOrwell’sworkandfurnishesnumerousinnovativeinterpretationsandfreshcri
3、ticalperspectivesonit.ThroughouttheCompanion,whichincludeschaptersdedicatedtoOrwell’smajornovels,NineteenEighty-FourandAnimalFarm,Orwell’sworkisplacedwithinthecontextofthepoliticalandsocialclimateofthetime.HisresponsetotheDepression,Britishimperi-alism,Stalinism,theSe
4、condWorldWar,andthepoliticsoftheBritishLeftareallexamined.ChaptersalsodiscussOrwell’sstatusamongintellectualsandintheliteraryacademy,andadetailedchronologyofOrwell’slifeandworkisincluded.JohnRoddenhastaughtattheUniversityofVirginiaandtheUniversityofTexasatAustin.Hehas
5、authoredoreditedseveralbooksonGeorgeOrwell,includingThePoliticsofLiteraryReputation:theMakingandClaimingof‘StGeorge’Orwell(1989),UnderstandingAnimalFarminHistoricalCon-text(1999),ScenesfromanAfterlife:theLegacyofGeorgeOrwell(2003),GeorgeOrwellIntotheTwenty-FirstCentur
6、y(2004),andEveryIntellectual’sBigBrother:GeorgeOrwell’sLiterarySiblings(2006).THECAMBRIDGECOMPANIONTOGEORGEORWELLEDITEDBYJOHNRODDENcambridgeuniversitypressCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SaoPaulo˜CambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambr
7、idgecb28ru,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521675079CCambridgeUniversityPress2007Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionsofrelevantc
8、ollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstp
