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    Hope Lies in the Proles

    George Orwell and the Left

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    Author(s)
    Newsinger, John
    Collection
    Knowledge Unlatched (KU)
    Number
    100940
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    George Orwell was one of the most significant literary figures on the left in the twentieth century. While titles such as 1984, Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia are still rightly regarded as modern classics, his own politics are less well understood. Hope Lies in the Proles offers a sympathetic yet critical account of Orwell's political thinking and its continued significance today. John Newsinger explores various aspects of Orwell's politics, detailing Orwell's attempts to change working-class consciousness, considering whether his attitude towards the working class was romantic, realistic or patronising - or all three at different times. He also asks whether Orwell's anti-fascism was eclipsed by his criticism of the Soviet Union, and explores his ambivalent relationship with the Labour Party. Newsinger also breaks important new ground regarding Orwell's shifting views on the USA, and his relationship with the progressive Left and feminism.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30545
    Keywords
    History; George Orwell; Literature; History; Biography; Political Ideology; Political Theory; Labour Party; Feminism; Anti-Fascism; Soviet Union; Working Class; British Politics; Socialism; Communism; Stalinism
    ISBN
    9781786801890;9781786802194
    OCN
    1029443749
    Publisher
    Pluto Press
    Publisher website
    https://www.plutobooks.com/
    Publication date and place
    2018-03-20
    Grantor
    • Knowledge Unlatched - 100940 - KU Select 2017: Front list Collection
    Classification
    Literature: history and criticism
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Communism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism; Fascism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism; George Orwell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell; Labour Party (UK) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK); Socialism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism; Soviet Union - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union; Stalinism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism; Working class - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_class; 21-7-2020 - No DOI registered in CrossRef for ISBN 9780745399294
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    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
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