Bloom’s How to Write About George Orwell

One of the major writers of the twentieth century, George-Orwell is best known for the classic works Animal Farm and 1984. This essential volume offers strategies and techniques for writing effective papers not only on these canonical works but on Orwell's widely read essays, such as ?Shooting an Elephant? as well as his book-length nonfiction, including Homage to Catalonia and Down and Out in Paris and London.

Bloom's How to Write about Literature series is a valuable resource for students writing essays on great works of literature. Each volume in the series contains dozens of sample paper topics and brief discussions of how to approach the topics. Each volume also contains a detailed general chapter on how to write and format a good essay and an introduction by Harold Bloom, who meditates on the challenges and rewards of writing about the volume's subject author. Bloom's How to Write about Literature series is an essential tool for all students and a useful aid for teachers.

George Orwell wrote many essays and political pamphlets, yet most know him for his fable Animal Farm and his dystopian novel 1984. This essential volume offers strategies and techniques for writing effective essays not only on these canonical works but on Orwell's political views, his perspective on totalitarianism, and the forms of realism in his works as well. Coverage includes the essay "Shooting an Elephant" and book-length nonfiction Homage to Catalonia and Down and Out in Paris and London. Complete with a guide for composing good essays, Bloom's How to Write about George Orwell also features suggestions for paper topics, coverage of Orwell's major works, and an introduction by master scholar Harold Bloom.