Contributor
Horan, Thomas, 1974- editor.
ImprintIpswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2018]
Imprint2018
Descriptionxxx, 221 pages ; 24 cm.
Note:On Animal farm / Thomas Horan -- Biography of George Orwell / Thomas Horan -- His fable, Right or Left: Orwell, Animal farm, and the politics of criticial reception / Erik Jaccard -- Animal farm and the American Left, 1945-1947 / Bradley Hart -- Rendering animals: thought for food, meat for metaphor / Gregory Brophy -- From "a fairy story" to "darning a worn-out sock, cadging a saccharine tablet, saving a cigarette end": narrative strategies in George Orwell's Animal farm and Nineteen eighty-four / Rafeeq O. McGiveron -- Are rats comrades? : metaphor and allegory in George Orwell's Animal farm / Brian Ireland -- Writing revolution: Orwell's not-so-plain style in Animal farm / Paige Busby -- "This world and the next": religious text and subtext in Animal farm / Camilo Peralta -- "Just smile and nod": the absent malcontent in Animal farm / Charity Gibson -- From Eric to Tony Blair: Animal farm in modern British political discourse / Richard Carr -- The typecasting of female characters in George Orwell's Animal farm and Disney's Zootopia / Melanie A. Marotta -- Tensions, tenor, and vehicle: Animal farm and the evolution of the animal fable / Josephine A. McQuail -- A tale of violence: Animal farm as an allegory of social order / Dario Altobelli -- The biopolitics of totalitarianism in Orwell's Animal farm / Andrew Byers -- The function of humor in George Orwell's Animal farm / Robert C. Evans.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205) and index.
Note:"Animal Farm offers a multidisciplinary range of perspectives on George Orwells classic satire. The volume of essay includes a consideration of Animal Farms rhetorical use by contemporary British politicians, a biopolitical reading of the text, a consideration of the work within the tradition of beast fables, an assessment within the tradition of literary anthropomorphism, an analysis of Orwells use of humor in the book, and a comparison of narrative strategies in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Through this collection, readers will appreciate Animal Farms influence on literature, politics, sociology, and history"--Amazon.com
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