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[First edition]. |
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1 online resource (xxx, 221 pages). |
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Critical insights |
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Critical insights.
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Edition statement supplied by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"Animal Farm offers a multidisciplinary range of perspectives on George Orwells classic satire. The volume of essay includes a consideration of Animal Farms rhetorical use by contemporary British politicians, a biopolitical reading of the text, a consideration of the work within the tradition of beast fables, an assessment within the tradition of literary anthropomorphism, an analysis of Orwells use of humor in the book, and a comparison of narrative strategies in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Through this collection, readers will appreciate Animal Farms influence on literature, politics, sociology, and history"--Amazon.com |
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Print version record. |
Contents |
Contents -- About this volume / Thomas Horan -- On Animal Farm / Thomas Horan -- Biography of George Orwell / Thomas Horan -- Critical contexts -- His fable, right or left: Orwell, Animal Farm, and the politics of critical reception / Erik Jaccard -- Animal Farm and the American left, 1945-1947 / Bradley Hart -- Rendering animals: thought for food, meat for metaphor / Gregory Brophy -- From "a fairy story" to "darning a worn-out sock, cadging a saccharine tablet, saving a cigarette end": narrative strategies in George Orwell's Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four / Rafeeq O. McGiveron -- Critical readings -- Are rats comrades? Metaphor and allegory in Goerge Orwell's Animal Farm / Brian Ireland -- Writing revolution: Orwell's not-so-plain style in Animal Farm / Paige Busby -- "This world and the next": religious text and subtext in Animal Farm / Camilo Peralta -- "Just smile and nod": the absent malcontent in Animal Farm / Charity Gibson -- From Eric to Tony Blair: Animal Farm in modern British political discourse / Richard Carr -- The typecasting of female characters in Goerge Orwell's Animal Farm and Disney's Zootopia / Melanie A. Marotta -- Tensions, tenor, and vehicle: Animal Farm and the evolution of the animal fable / Josephine A. McQuail -- A tale of violence: Animal Farm as an allegory of social order / Dario Altobelli -- The biopolitics of totalitarianism in Orwell's Animal Farm / Andrew Byers -- The function of humor in George Orwell's Animal Farm / Robert C. Evans. |
Subject |
Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Animal farm.
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Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Orwell, George, 1903-1950. (OCoLC)fst00036162
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Animal farm (Orwell, George) (OCoLC)fst01357727
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Totalitarianism in literature.
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Dystopias in literature.
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Anthropomorphism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Anthropomorphism in literature. (OCoLC)fst00810265
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Dystopias in literature. (OCoLC)fst00900374
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Totalitarianism in literature. (OCoLC)fst01904956
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Added Author |
Horan, Thomas, 1974- editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Animal farm. [First edition]. Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2018] 9781682179185 (OCoLC)1051431403 |
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9781682179185 (electronic book) |
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1682179184 (electronic book) |
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