George Orwell and Religion

Author:   Professor Michael G. Brennan (University of Leeds, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781472530738


Pages:   206
Publication Date:   03 November 2016
Format:   Paperback
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George Orwell and Religion


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In his attitude toward religion, George Orwell has been characterised in various terms: as an agnostic, humanist, secular saint or even Christian atheist. Drawing on the full range of his public and private writings - from major works such as Keep the Aspidistra Flying, 1984 and Down and Out in Paris and London to his shorter journalism and private letters and journals - George Orwell and Religion is a major reassessment of Orwell's life-long engagement with religion. Exploring Orwell's life and work, Michael Brennan illuminates for the first time how this profound engagement with religion informed the intensely humanitarian spirit of his writings.

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Author:   Professor Michael G. Brennan (University of Leeds, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.365kg
ISBN:  

9781472530738


ISBN 10:   147253073
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   03 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Childhood, Down and Out in Paris and London and Burmese Days 2. A Clergyman's Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying and The Road to Wigan Pier 3. The Spanish Civil War, Coming Up for Air and the Outbreak of World War II 4. World War II and Animal Farm 5. The Last Years and 1984 Bibliography Index

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Do we need another book on Orwell? Michael Brennan's take is certainly one that most authors have not concerned themselves with ... Brennan succeeds in flagging up Orwell's continuing concern about the role of the church, and especially the Catholic church, in politics. Entangled Religions This volume is his first extended study of the life and opinions of the man born as Eric Blair. The depth and breadth of Brennan's research is impeccable and is reflected in the blend of bibliography and biography that prevails throughout the narrative. The chapters lead the reader through the stages of Blair/Orwell's life, from his family lineage and Anglican schooling through his death in 1950, paying constant attention to possible sources of religious influence while also cataloging and explicating his commentaries (generally negative) on religion. Brennan pays special attention to Orwell's anti-Semitism and anti-Catholicism, arguing that the latter remained consistent even as the former faded during WW II ... Summing Up: Recommended. CHOICE


Do we need another book on Orwell? Michael Brennan's take is certainly one that most authors have not concerned themselves with ... Brennan succeeds in flagging up Orwell's continuing concern about the role of the church, and especially the Catholic church, in politics. Entangled Religions


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Michael G. Brennan is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the author of Graham Greene: Fiction, Faith and Authorship (2010).

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