George Orwell's Animal Farm

✍ Scribed by Bloom, Harold;Orwell, George

• Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 105
• Series: Bloom's guides
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In a single, enlightening volume, Animal Farm presents a helpful literary guide to one of George Orwell’s most famous literary works.;Edward Crankshaw on Orwell and communism -- Matthew Hodgart on Animal Farm as satire, fable, and allegory -- Raymond Williams on the struggle between animals and humans -- Graham Greene on literary responsibility during wartime -- Kingsley Martin on Orwell's cynicism and Benjamin -- Cyril Connolly on the betrayal of the Russian revolution -- Isaac Rosenfeld on the "point" of animal farm -- Edmund Wilson on the effectiveness of the animal fable -- Northrop Frye on the success and failure of Animal Farm's various satires -- Robert Pearce on Orwell and Tolstoy -- C. Fleay and M.L. Sanders on George Orwell and propaganda -- Anthony Kearney on the meaning of equality -- Michael Peters on Animal Farm 50 years later -- V.C. Letemendia on the wider implications of Animal Farm -- Ricardo Quintana on Orwell and satire -- Stephen Sedley on politics and the success of Animal Farm -- Patrick Reilly on mitigating horror through fable -- Christopher Hollins on Animal Farm's literary merit -- Works by George Orwell.

✦ Table of Contents

Edward Crankshaw on Orwell and communism --
Matthew Hodgart on Animal Farm as satire, fable, and allegory --
Raymond Williams on the struggle between animals and humans --
Graham Greene on literary responsibility during wartime --
Kingsley Martin on Orwell's cynicism and Benjamin --
Cyril Connolly on the betrayal of the Russian revolution --
Isaac Rosenfeld on the "point" of animal farm --
Edmund Wilson on the effectiveness of the animal fable --
Northrop Frye on the success and failure of Animal Farm's various satires --
Robert Pearce on Orwell and Tolstoy --
C. Fleay and M.L. Sanders on George Orwell and propaganda --
Anthony Kearney on the meaning of equality --
Michael Peters on Animal Farm 50 years later --
V.C. Letemendia on the wider implications of Animal Farm --
Ricardo Quintana on Orwell and satire --
Stephen Sedley on politics and the success of Animal Farm --
Patrick Reilly on mitigating horror through fable --
Christopher Hollins on Animal Farm's literary merit --
Works by George Orwell.

✦ Subjects

Political fiction, English--History and criticism;Satire, English--History and criticism;Fables, English--History and criticism;Political fiction, English;Satire, English;Social problems in literature;Animals in literature;Fables, English;Electronic books;Aufsatzsammlung;Criticism, interpretation, etc;Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950. -- Animal farm;Political fiction, English -- History and criticism;Satire, English -- History and criticism;Fables, English -- History and criticism;Animal farm (Orwel