Orwell and Empire Kerr Douglas
Orwell and Empire Kerr Douglas Considers George Orwell's writing about the East, and the presence of the East in his writing.George Orwell was born in India and served in the Imperial Police in Burma…
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Orwell and Empire Kerr Douglas
Considers George Orwell's writing about the East, and the presence of the East in his writing.George Orwell was born in India and served in the Imperial Police in Burma as a young man. It argues that empire was central to his cultural identity and that his experience of colonial life was a crucial factor, in ways that have not been recognized, in shaping the writer he became.Orwell and Empire is about all his writings, fictional and non-fictional. Orwell and Empire is a study of his writing about the East and the East in his writing.
It goes on to explore the theme of empire throughout his work, through to Nineteen Eighty-Four and It pays particular attention to work that derives directly from his Burmese years including the well-known narratives 'A Hanging' and 'Shooting an Elephant' and his first novel Burmese Days.