The Orwell Conundrum : A Cry of Despair or Faith in the "Spirit of Man?"

Erika Gottlieb
McGill-Queen's University Press
9780886291754
0-88629-175-5

An important contribution to the understanding of George Orwell's thought, particularly to Nineteen Eighty Four. The author challenges the view of the novel as a flawed work of crushing pessimism, arguing.

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convincingly that it is a great humanist's mature vision of his deeply troubled times.