Title:
Animal farm / editor, Thomas Horan.
Author:
Horan, Thomas, 1974- editor.
Publication Information:
Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
PR6029.R8 A6332 2018
Abstract:
"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
Edition:
[First edition].
ISBN:
9781682179185
Series:
Critical insights
Critical insights.
Physical Description:
xxx, 221 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Contents -- About this volume / On Animal Farm / Biography of George Orwell / Critical contexts -- His fable, right or left: Orwell, Animal Farm, and the politics of critical reception / Animal Farm and the American left, 1945-1947 / Rendering animals: thought for food, meat for metaphor / 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 / Critical readings -- Are rats comrades? Metaphor and allegory in Goerge Orwell's Animal Farm / Writing revolution: Orwell's not-so-plain style in Animal Farm / "This world and the next": religious text and subtext in Animal Farm / "Just smile and nod": the absent malcontent in Animal Farm / From Eric to Tony Blair: Animal Farm in modern British political discourse / The typecasting of female characters in Goerge Orwell's Animal Farm and Disney's Zootopia / Tensions, tenor, and vehicle: Animal Farm and the evolution of the animal fable / A tale of violence: Animal Farm as an allegory of social order / The biopolitics of totalitarianism in Orwell's Animal Farm / The function of humor in George Orwell's Animal Farm
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