George Orwell's Animal FarmHarold Bloom Discusses the characters, plot, and writing of Animal farm by George Orwell. Includes critical essays on the novel and a brief biography of the author. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Political Fiction and Patriarchal Fantasy | 3 |
An Allegory of Revolution | 23 |
Language as Theme in Animal Farm | 35 |
Revolution on Animal Farm | 45 |
Animal Farm | 59 |
Orwell Tolstoy and Animal Farm | 79 |
An Absence of Pampering | 87 |
George Orwells Dystopias | 125 |
Chronology | 151 |
Contributors | 153 |
| 155 | |
Acknowlegments | 159 |
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