{"product_id":"all-art-is-propaganda-critical-essays-paperback","title":"All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKeith Gessen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKeith Gessen\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low. A frequent commentator on literature, language, film, and drama throughout his career, Orwell turned increasingly to the critical essay in the 1940s, when his most important experiences were behind him and some of his most incisive writing lay ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll Art Is Propaganda \u003c\/em\u003efollows Orwell as he demonstrates in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or body of work gives rise to trenchant aesthetic and philosophical commentary. With masterpieces such as \"Politics and the English Language\" and \"Rudyard Kipling\" and gems such as \"Good Bad Books,\" here is an unrivaled education in, as George Packer puts it, \"how to be interesting, line after line.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe essential collection of critical essays from a 20th-century master\u003c\/i\u003eAs a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low. A frequent commentator on literature, language, film, and drama throughout his career, Orwell turned increasingly to the critical essay in the 1940s, when his most important experiences were behind him and some of his most incisive writing lay ahead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Art Is Propaganda \u003c\/i\u003efollows Orwell as he demonstrates in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or body of work gives rise to trenchant aesthetic and philosophical commentary.With masterpieces such as \"Politics and the English Language\" and \"Rudyard Kipling\" and gems such as \"Good Bad Books,\" here is an unrivaled education in, as George Packer puts it, \"how to be interesting, line after line.\" \u003cp\u003e\"Reaffirm[s] the author's status as one of the definitive essayists in English literature.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE ORWELL \u003c\/b\u003e(1903 1950) served with the Imperial Police in Burma, fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and was a member of the Home Guard and a writer for the BBC during World War II. He is the author of many works of nonfiction and fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE PACKER \u003c\/b\u003eis a staff writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand author of \u003ci\u003eThe Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq \u003c\/i\u003eand other works. He lives in Brooklyn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKEITH GESSEN\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Russia and educated at Harvard. He is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003en+1 \u003c\/i\u003eand has written about literature and culture for \u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eAll the Sad Young Literary Men. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso in this series: \u003ci\u003eFacing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE ORWELL \u003c\/b\u003e(1903-1950) served with the Imperial Police in Burma, fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and was a member of the Home Guard and a writer for the BBC during World War II. He is the author of many works of nonfiction and fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE PACKER \u003c\/b\u003eis a staff writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand author of \u003ci\u003eThe Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq \u003c\/i\u003eand other works. He lives in Brooklyn. \u003c\/p\u003eKeith Gessen was born in Russia and educated at Harvard. He is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003en+1 \u003c\/i\u003eand has written about literature and culture for \u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eAll the Sad Young Literary Men. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 7.86 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454680318130,"sku":"9780156033077","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2c8df9e9b7a23692cc1777292415ccf9.webp?v=1778857596","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/all-art-is-propaganda-critical-essays-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}