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The Cambridge Companion to George Orwell.(Brief article)(Book review)
From: Contemporary Review
Date: 20071222
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The Cambridge Companion to George Orwell. John Rodden, editor. Cambridge University Press. xvi + 218 pages. ISBN 978-0-521-67507-9. Anyone who lives in any of today's English-speaking countries, with their new censorship (aka 'political correctness') and their all-powerful states, should be indebted to the writings of George Orwell, the penname of Eric Arthur Blair. If he taught us anything he taught us that the greatest dictatorships come from the nominally liberal Left. This collection concentrates on those areas that are 'central to his work and legacy, with an occasional foray ...
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