George Orwell Politics and the English Language (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Politics and the English LanguageCondition: NewEAN: 9780141393063ISBN: 9780141393063Publisher: Penguin ClassicsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/03/2013Item Height: 180mmItem Length: 110mmItem Width: 2mmItem Weight: 23gAuthor: George OrwellLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0141393068Description: 'Politics and the English Language' is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics; it was always inextricably linked to politics and to truth.'All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.When the general atmosphere is bad, language must suffer.'Language is a political issue, and slovenly use of language and cliches make it easier for those in power to deliberately use misleading language to hide unpleasant political facts. Bad English, he believed, was a vehicle for oppressive ideology, and it is no accident that 'Politics and the English Language' was written after the close of World War II.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Penguin Modern ClassicsRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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