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Fowler, Roger

 
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George Orwell is well known for his strong views on language, society and politics, and admired for the robust, personal tone of his writings. The Language of George Orwell, the first detailed study of his style, demonstrates his stylistic versatility, and analyzes the linguistic techniques which create a variety of memorable effects in his novels and other prose works. Roger Fowler is a leading exponent of linguistic criticism, the method of analysis employed in this book.

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Preface - Orwell's Life and Career - The Styles of Orwell - Orwell's Views on Language - Naturalism and Surrealism in Down and Out in Paris and London - Naturalism in Homage to Catalonia - Realism, Judgement and Symbolism in The Road to Wigan Pier - Voices of the Other: Dialects and Accents in Down and Out and A Clergyman's Daughter - Further Aspects of Style: Burmese Days - Self-narration: Coming up for Air - Animal Farm - Nineteen Eighty-Four

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