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Politics and the English Language

George Orwell (Auteur)
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Politics and the English Language' is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics; it was always inextricably linked to politics and to truth.'All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.When the general atmosphere is bad, language must suffer.'Language is a political issue, and slovenly use of language and cliches make it easier for those in power to deliberately use misleading language to hide unpleasant ... Lire la suite
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Gorge Orwell escaisnom d'Eric Arthur Blair nasquÚt en 1903 e defuntÚt en 1950. FoguÚt cronicaire, critic literari e romanciÚr. Sas òbras mai conegudas son : Animal farm - ja tradusit en occitan - e 1984. Lo succÚs enòrme qu'an totjorn aqueles dos libres es tal que se parla de la societat Orwelliana per illustrar la societat de susvelhança de totes.

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Date Parution03/01/2013
EAN9780141393063
EditeurAdult Pbs
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Poids24 g
PrésentationGrand format
Dimensions18,4 cm x 10,8 cm x 0,2 cm
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Politics and the English Language' is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics; it was always inextricably linked to politics and to truth.'All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.When the general atmosphere is bad, language must suffer.'Language is a political issue, and slovenly use of language and cliches make it easier for those in power to deliberately use misleading language to hide unpleasant political facts. Bad English, he believed, was a vehicle for oppressive ideology, and it is no accident that 'Politics and the English Language' was written after the close of World War II.
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