English Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, British Authors - 20th Century - Literary Biography, Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, English Fiction & Prose Literature - 20th Century - Literary Criticism, E
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Overview
This in-depth study reveals that Orwell drew heavily on the Gissing novels he admired in shaping his own. Gissing's New Grub Street and The Odd Women directly influenced Orwell's Depression-era novels Keep the Aspidistra Flying and A Clergyman's Daughter. Even Orwell's most imaginative work, Animal Farm, mirrors Gissing's own novel of a failed Socialist Utopia, Demos. Gissing was Orwell's role model and alter ego. Gissing provided him with a touchstone to his beliefs, his pessimism, his love of Dickens and cozy corners, his suspicion of "progress," his restless sexuality. To understand Orwell fully, one must first read Gissing.Editorials
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Explores the considerable influence of novelist George Gissing (1857- 1903) on compatriot British writer George Orwell (1903-50). Finds antecedents for "Keep the Aspidstra Flying" and "A Clergyman's Daughter" in "New Grub Street" and "The Odd Woman", for "Animal Farm" in "Demos"; and other pairs. Also points out their common love of Dickens. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
June 1, 1997
Publisher
New York : Peter Lang, c1997.
Pages
126
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780820433301