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This account of Orwell's life is chiefly concerned with what influenced Orwell, his relations with publishers and editors, and the analysis of certain key experiences. These include his work at the BBC, his interest in pamphlet literature and his time as a war correspondent.
A study of author George Orwell focusing on the people, readings and circumstances that influenced him and looking at his relationship with publishers and editors, with a detailed chronology of his life.
"In one of the most intrepid political travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma using the life and work of George Orwell as her compass. Going from Mandalay and Rangoon to poor delta backwaters and up to the old hill-station t…
"Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent traveling in Burma, she's come to know all too well the many ways this police state can be described as "Orwellian." The life of the mind exists in a state of siege in Burma, and it long has. The connection between George…
In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply the Prophet. In stirring prose, s…
-- Burmese Days In one of the most intrepid political travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma using the life and work of George Orwell as her compass. Going from Mandalay and Rangoon to poor delta backwaters and up to the old…
Provides an insight into the original context, qualities and influence of George Orwell's essays. This title presents the examination of his genius as an essayist. It unravels the variety, complexity and, occasional inconsistency, of essays by one of the greatest writers of the …
