The Crystal Spirit, George Woodcock's intellectual biography of George Orwell, won the 1966 Governor General's Award for non-fiction. In this book he turns his attention to 1984, the novel which expresses Orwell's fears for the future, and his exhortations against totalitarianism.First-hand experience with twentieth-century politics combines with extensive knowledge of history and literature to give Woodcock's writing authority and immediacy. His ten-year friendship with George Orwell adds a personal tone to this work of criticism, biography, political history, and current events.
| ISBN: | 9780920080863 |
| Publication date: | 16th February 1984 |
| Author: | George Woodcock |
| Publisher: | Harbour Publishing an imprint of Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 212 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
The Crystal Spirit, George Woodcock's intellectual biography of George Orwell, won the 1966 Governor General's Award for non-fiction. In this book he turns his attention to 1984, the novel which expresses Orwell's fears for the future, and his exhortations against totalitarianism.First-hand experience with twentieth-century politics combines with extensive knowledge of history and literature to give Woodcock's writing authority and immediacy. His ten-year friendship with George Orwell adds a personal tone to this work of criticism, biography, political history, and current events.
Orwell's Message features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Orwell's Message is available in Paperback
Orwell's Message was written by George Woodcock and published by Harbour Publishing an imprint of Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Orwell's Message has 212 pages