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oapen-20.500.12657-305452024-03-25T09:51:37Z Hope Lies in the Proles Newsinger, John History George Orwell Literature History Biography Political Ideology Political Theory Labour Party Feminism Anti-Fascism Soviet Union Working Class British Politics Socialism Communism Stalinism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism 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. 2018-02-01 23:55:55 2020-03-17 03:00:33 2020-04-01T13:00:51Z 2020-04-01T13:00:51Z 2018-03-20 book 645363 OCN: 1029443749 9781786801890;9781786802194 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30545 eng application/pdf n/a 645363.pdf Pluto Press 100940 e7b13f6b-a18c-4c0b-97b8-d1891104b9c4 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781786801890;9781786802194 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 100940 KU Select 2017: Front list Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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.
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