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All Art Is Propaganda

av George Orwell

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The essential collection of critical essays from a twentieth-century master and author of 1984. As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low. A frequent commentator on literature, language, film, and drama throughout his career, Orwell turned increasingly to the critical essay in the 1940s, when his most important experiences were behind him and some of his most incisive writing lay ahead. All Art Is Propaganda follows Orwell as he demonstrates in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or body of work gives rise to trenchant aesthetic and philosophical commentary. With masterpieces such as "Politics and the English Language" and "Rudyard Kipling" and gems such as "Good Bad Books," here is an unrivaled education in, as George Packer puts it, "how to be interesting, line after line." With an Introduction from Keith Gessen.… (mer)
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A collection of Orwell's essays in the vein of, and including, Politics and the English Language.

The first half of the collection is mostly reviews and is fairly forgettable, but interest starts to build with the essay on T. S. Eliot, and politics start to become a focus with the subsequent essay, Can Socialists Be Happy?

Orwell's incisive mind and willingness to explore all sides of an issue make this a timeless read. The essays may have been written during the war and postwar period, but the issues they address are still unresolved. ( )
  mkfs | Aug 13, 2022 |
A phenomenal volume. I'm so pleased to own this for future reference. Many of Orwell's famous works are in here, like Politics and the English Language, which merits a reread every few years. Some other excellent essays were completely new to me -- for instance, I knew nothing of Tolstoy's disdain for Shakespeare, and I loved reading Orwell's take on why. Highly recommended. ( )
  sparemethecensor | May 14, 2021 |
Collection of critical essays. Some very short notes on what stood out.

Some positive reviews of contemporary literature and film. Henry Miller stands out in his view for rediscovering aspects of personal life. He gives Rudyard Kipling a good drubbing for his sadist tendencies, although Orwell also despises T. S. Eliot's poetry, however, and calls him 'Petainist'.

Also discusses the role of popular culture - the bland and repetitive nature of boy's action magazines, cheesy sex humor and pornography.

Boys' Weeklies - http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/boys/english/e_boys
The Art of Donald McGill - http://www.orwell.ru/library/reviews/McGill/english/e_mcgill

Orwell's essays on politics, propaganda, and the use of language are among the best of the lot. Here they are. Enjoy.

Can Socialists Be Happy? - http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/895/
Propaganda and Demotic Speech - http://www.wordpirate.com/Below Decks/The Grammar Monkey/Propaganda and Demotic Speech.ht
Good Bad Books - http://george-orwell.org/Good_Bad_Books/0.html
The Prevention of Literature - http://orwell.ru/library/essays/prevention/english/e_plit
Politics and the English Language - https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm
Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels - http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/politics-vs-literature.htm
Lear, Tolstoy, and the Fool - http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/lear/english/e_ltf
Confessions of a Book Reviewer - http://orwell.ru/library/articles/reviewer/english/e_bkrev
Writers and Leviathan - http://orwell.ru/library/articles/leviathan/english/e_wal

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  HadriantheBlind | Mar 30, 2013 |
Orwell's writing is often a treat. Novels are my favorite literary art form, but I definitely love a good essay over a good short story. Somehow have gotten to this point in my life without reading "Inside the Whale," Orwell's fascinating take on Henry Miller. Also some good essays on comic postcards and the emergence of brutal crime novels. A really handsomely made book, too. ( )
  Carl_Hayes | Mar 30, 2013 |
I very nearly gave this "a respectful four stars", but if we're being completely honest here, I did skip the last few essays and skimmed over a few others. While thorough in their analysis and argument, the essays on Eliot and Kipling did not do very much for me; literary criticism becomes hard for me to digest after a while. What I really liked in this collection were the essays about reading in general, and the ones where Orwell seemed to be having more fun. I particularly enjoyed "Confessions of a Book Reviewer" (I have it in the back of my mind right now as I write my review), the essay on Charles Dickens (which made me want to get back to Bleak House sharpish!), and "Propaganda and Demotic Speech", which chronicles the difficulties of rendering spoken English effectively in print and breaking away from clichés and trite formulations. (This one is also in the back of my mind as I write.) If you like Orwell's novels, give his essays a try. Also recommended for English majors. ( )
  rabbitprincess | Feb 27, 2012 |
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The essential collection of critical essays from a twentieth-century master and author of 1984. As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low. A frequent commentator on literature, language, film, and drama throughout his career, Orwell turned increasingly to the critical essay in the 1940s, when his most important experiences were behind him and some of his most incisive writing lay ahead. All Art Is Propaganda follows Orwell as he demonstrates in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or body of work gives rise to trenchant aesthetic and philosophical commentary. With masterpieces such as "Politics and the English Language" and "Rudyard Kipling" and gems such as "Good Bad Books," here is an unrivaled education in, as George Packer puts it, "how to be interesting, line after line." With an Introduction from Keith Gessen.

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