Bloom's Reviews/ Comprehensive Research & Study Guides: George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four - Softcover

Orwell, George; Wright, Richard A.; See Editorial Dept

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791041409 ISBN 13: 9780791041406

Publisher: Chelsea House Pub, 1998

Synopsis

Called the Uncle Tom's Cabin of our time, Nineteen Eighty-Four continues to have moral force as a political early warning. A brief biography of the author is included, as well as structural and thematic analysis of the novel. Of course, numerous critical essays from prominent critics offer various views on the novel.

This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters.

About this title

About the Author:

Considered the world's cheif authority on Shakespeare, Harold Bloom is now in his 46th year of teaching at Yale University. His latest book How to Read and Why joins a prodigious literary output which includes the editorship of this flagship study guide series.

Review:

"Harold Bloom is the world's leading Literary critic" - The Times 28.11.00"

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0791041409
• ISBN 13: 9780791041406
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 79