书目

Politics and the English Language政治和英语 英文原版

内容简介

'PoliticsandtheEnglishLanguage'iswidelyconsideredOrwell'smostimportantessayonstyle.Style,forOrwell,wasneversimplyaquestionofaesthetics;itwasalwaysinextricablylinkedtopoliticsandtotruth.'Allissuesarepoliticalissues,andpoliticsitselfisamassoflies,evasions,folly,hatredandschizophrenia.Whenthegeneralatmosphereisbad,languagemustsuffer.'Languageisapoliticalissue,andslovenlyuseoflanguageandclichesmakeiteasierforthoseinpowertodeliberatelyusemisleadinglanguagetohideunpleasantpoliticalfacts.BadEnglish,hebelieved,wasavehicleforoppressiveideology,anditisnoaccidentthat'PoliticsandtheEnglishLanguage'waswrittenafterthecloseofWorldWarII.

作者简介

GeorgeOrwell(1903-1950)wasborninIndiaandservedwiththeImperialPoliceinBurma,foughtwiththeRepublicansduringtheSpanishCivilWar,andwasamemberoftheHomeGuardandawriterfortheBBCduringWorldWarII.Heistheauthorofmanyworksofnonfictionandfiction,includingBurmeseDays,DownandOutinParisandLondon,AClergyman'sDaughter,ComingUpforAir,andKeeptheAspidistraFlying.乔治·奥威尔，英国记者、小说家、散文家和评论家。乔治·奥威尔一生短暂，但其以敏锐的洞察力和犀利的文笔审视和记录着他所生活的那个时代，作出了许多超越时代的预言，被称为“一代人的冷峻良知”。其代表作有《动物庄园》和《一九八四》。

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