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1 online resource (237 pages) |
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| Summary |
George Orwell argued that one of the four great motives for a prose writer was the desire 'to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other people's idea of the kind of society that they should strive after'. This book contains exciting new work by established and emerging scholars that explores political literature over the last century and a half. It shows how, from The Communist Manifesto to the dystopian future of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, writers have attempted to alter p ... |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Politics and literature.
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Politics and literature. |
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Politics in literature.
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Politics in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Marks, Peter. Literature and Politics : Pushing the World in Certain Directions. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2012 9781443835749 |
| ISBN |
9781443836036 (electronic book) |
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1443836036 (electronic book) |
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1443835749 |
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9781443835749 |
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