Orwell's Message: 1984 And The Present
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Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few writers have left as enduring a mark on the political imagination as George Orwell, and George Woodcock — one of his closest friends and most perceptive critics — brings singular authority to the task of reassessing that legacy. Orwell's Message: 1984 and the Present examines Orwell's landmark dystopian novel against the backdrop of the real world of 1984, the very year in which the novel's nightmare vision was set, interrogating how accurately Orwell's warnings mapped onto the geopolitical and social realities of the late twentieth century. Woodcock argues with clarity and conviction that Orwell was not merely a novelist but a moral prophet whose insights into totalitarianism, surveillance, and the corruption of language remain as urgent as ever. Drawing on decades of personal acquaintance and scholarly engagement, Woodcock illuminates the philosophical underpinnings of Orwell's thought — his anarchist sympathies, his distrust of power, his unflinching commitment to plain truth. For anyone who has ever wondered whether Orwell got it right, this study offers a compelling, and at times unsettling, answer.
Author: George Woodcock
Format: Paperback
Published: 1984, Harbour Publishing
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few writers have left as enduring a mark on the political imagination as George Orwell, and George Woodcock — one of his closest friends and most perceptive critics — brings singular authority to the task of reassessing that legacy. Orwell's Message: 1984 and the Present examines Orwell's landmark dystopian novel against the backdrop of the real world of 1984, the very year in which the novel's nightmare vision was set, interrogating how accurately Orwell's warnings mapped onto the geopolitical and social realities of the late twentieth century. Woodcock argues with clarity and conviction that Orwell was not merely a novelist but a moral prophet whose insights into totalitarianism, surveillance, and the corruption of language remain as urgent as ever. Drawing on decades of personal acquaintance and scholarly engagement, Woodcock illuminates the philosophical underpinnings of Orwell's thought — his anarchist sympathies, his distrust of power, his unflinching commitment to plain truth. For anyone who has ever wondered whether Orwell got it right, this study offers a compelling, and at times unsettling, answer.