Politics and the English Language

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George Orwell's most important essay about the English language

'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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780141393063
Published: January 2013

Number of pages: 32
Width: 111 mm
Height: 182 mm
Depth: 2 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd