Brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a selection of shorter pieces
Stefan Collini's introduction places the essays in context and explains the arrangement into three categories: Pers ... 続きを読む
Introduction argues that Burmese Days is more than just a harsh portrayal of colonial society, making the case that his writing here holds it up, rather, as among the best productions of ... 続きを読む
Introduction looking at the political circumstances, publishing history and initial reception of Orwell's fable.
An overview of the text's historical reception, showing, in particular, how it was ... 続きを読む
This follows the original text of the 1938 first edition, amended to conform with Orwell's 'Errata to Homage to Catalonia', which he compiled in 1949.
The introduction develops the argument that& ... 続きを読む
This volume assembles a broad and comprehensive canon of Shaw's political prose, identifying the major political writings from a long and varied career of engagements.
The volume's detailed annot ... 続きを読む
An introduction which looks at Shaw's life up to the writing of Pygmalion.
Looks the context in which Shaw wrote the plays, in terms of his own life, the theatrical milieu, and the wider cul ... 続きを読む
An introduction which draws on the very considerable amount of criticism, debate and controversy that the work has incited and takes a fresh and independent look at its distinctiveness and fictiona ... 続きを読む
Includes full explanatory notes on Shaw's short plays as well as analysis on the prefaces for each of these plays.
Relies on detailed archival research, footnoting and properly referencing source ... 続きを読む
