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Inside the Whale and Other Essays is a book of essays written by George Orwell in 1940. It includes the eponymous essay "Inside the Whale".
- George Orwell
- 1940
20 ott 2021 · 202 pages ; 18 cm. Inside the whale -- Down the mine -- England your England -- Shooting an elephant -- Lear, Tolstoy and the fool -- Politics as literature: an examination of Gulliver's travels -- Politics and the English language -- The prevention of literature -- Boys' weeklies. Includes bibliographical references.
28 apr 2000 · Get inside the whale — or rather, admit you are inside the whale (for you are, of course). Give yourself over to the worid-process, stop fighting against it or pretending that you control it; simply accept it, endure it, record it.
Inside the Whale" is an essay in three parts written by George Orwell in 1940. It is primarily a review of Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller with Orwell discoursing more widely over English literature in the 1920s and 1930s.
- George Orwell
- 1940
19 ago 2021 · ‘Inside the Whale’ is a long essay by George Orwell (1903-50), published in 1940. The title of Orwell’s essay refers to the biblical Book of Jonah, in which the prophet Jonah is swallowed by a great fish (although, as Orwell notes, received wisdom tends to substitute ‘whale’ for ‘fish’).
Inside the Whale, 1940. From Daniel J. Leab (one of the owners): A brilliant essayist with a magnificent command of the English language, Orwell in this first collection dealt with Charles Dickens, the English "boys' weeklies," and Henry Miller.
A brilliant essayist with a magnificent command of the English language, Orwell in this first collection dealt with Charles Dickens, the English “boys' weeklies”, and Henry Miller. He used his subjects to dwell on a wide variety of issues including “cultural unity”, propaganda, and literary trends.
