Politics and the English language

著者

• Orwell, George

書誌事項

Politics and the English language

George Orwell

Penguin Books, 2013

• : [pbk.]

注記

"This collection published in Penguin books 2013"--T.p. verso

内容説明・目次

内容説明

'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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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB25657968
• ISBN:
  • 9780141393063
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: 23 p.
• 大きさ: 19 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 828.912
• 件名:
  • LCSH : English language -- Political aspects