The Orwell Conundrum: A Cry of Despair Or Faith in the Spirit of Man?McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1992 - 313 من الصفحات 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 convincingly that it is a great humanist's mature vision of his deeply troubled times. |
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The Orwell Conundrum | 1 |
The Birth of the Adversary | 27 |
From Psychological Realism | 43 |
The Reconciliation | 63 |
PART II | 85 |
Doublethink | 117 |
The Persecution | 137 |
The Mystical | 155 |
PART III | 169 |
The Modern Morality Play of Everyman against | 189 |
What Turns Utopia into Dystopia? | 203 |
ORWELLS TRAGIC HUMANISM | 217 |
PART V | 259 |
Works Cited | 299 |
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