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Beyond Nineteen Eighty-four

Author : William Lutz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Communication
ISBN : UCSD:31822005281936

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Beyond Nineteen Eighty-four by William Lutz Pdf

This book probes the efforts at manipulation individuals face daily in this information age and the tactics of persuaders from many sectors of society using various forms of Orwellian "doublespeak." The book contains the following essays: (1) "Notes toward a Definition of Doublespeak" (William Lutz); (2) "Truisms Are True: Orwell's View of Language" (Walker Gibson); (3) "Mr. Orwell, Mr. Schlesinger, and the Language" (Hugh Rank); (4) "What Do We Know?" (Charles Weingartner); (5) "The Dangers of Singlespeak" (Edward M. White); (6) "The Fallacies of Doublespeak" (Dennis Rohatyn); (7) "Doublespeak and Ethics" (George R. Bramer); (8) "Post-Orwellian Refinements of Doublethink: Will the Real Big Brother Please Stand Up?" (Donald Lazere); (9) "Worldthink" (Richard Ohmann); (10)"'Bullets Hurt, Corpses Stink': George Orwell and the Language of Warfare" (Harry Brent); (11) "Political Language: The Art of Saying Nothing" (Dan F. Hahn); (12) "Fiddle-Faddle, Flapdoodle, and Balderdash: Some Thoughts about Jargon" (Frank J. D'Angelo); (13) "How to Read an Ad: Learning to Read between the Lies" (D. G. Kehl); (14) "Subliminal Chainings: Metonymical Doublespeak in Advertising" (Don L. F. Nilsen); (15) "Doublespeak and the Polemics of Technology" (Scott Buechler); (16) "Make Money, Not Sense: Keep Academia Green" (Julia Penelope); (17) "Sensationspeak in America" (Roy F. Fox); and (18) "The Pop Grammarians--Good Intentions, Silly Ideas, and Doublespeak" (Charles Suhor). Three appendixes are attached: "The George Orwell Awards,""The Doublespeak Award," and "The Quarterly Review of Doublespeak." (MS)

The Cambridge Companion to Nineteen Eighty-Four

Author : Nathan Waddell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781108841092

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The Cambridge Companion to Nineteen Eighty-Four by Nathan Waddell Pdf

The Cambridge Companion to Nineteen Eighty-Four is aimed at undergraduates, postgraduates, and academics. Situating the novel in multiple frameworks, including contextual considerations and literary histories, the book asks new questions about the novel's significance in an age in which authoritarianism finds itself freshly empowered.

Doublespeak

Author : William Lutz
Publisher : Ig Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : English language
ISBN : 1632460173

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Doublespeak by William Lutz Pdf

Describes the four different types of doublespeak (euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook, and inflated language).

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Satire
ISBN : 9780198829195

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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Pdf

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) was George Orwell's final novel and was completed in difficult conditions shortly before his early death. It is one of the most influential and widely-read novels of the post-war period.

On Nineteen Eighty-Four

Author : D.J. Taylor
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781683356844

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On Nineteen Eighty-Four by D.J. Taylor Pdf

The essential backstory to the creation and meaning of one of the most important novels of the twentieth century—and now the twenty-first. Since its publication nearly seventy years ago, George Orwell’s 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians have made records about it, TV viewers watch a reality show named for it, and a White House spokesperson tells of “alternative facts.” The world we live in is often described as an Orwellian one, awash in inescapable surveillance and invasions of privacy. On Nineteen Eighty-Four dives deep into Orwell’s life to chart his earlier writings and key moments in his youth, such as his years at a boarding school, whose strict and charismatic headmaster shaped the idea of Big Brother. Taylor tells the story of the writing of the book, taking readers to the Scottish island of Jura, where Orwell, newly famous thanks to Animal Farm but coping with personal tragedy and rapidly declining health, struggled to finish 1984. Published during the cold war—a term Orwell coined—Taylor elucidates the environmental influences on the book. Then he examines 1984’s post-publication life, including its role as a tool to understand our language, politics, and government. In a climate where truth, surveillance, censorship, and critical thinking are contentious, Orwell’s work is necessary. Written with resonant and reflective analysis, On Nineteen Eighty-Four is both brilliant and remarkably timely. Praise for On Nineteen Eighty-Four “A lively, engaging, concise biography of a novel.” —Kirkus Reviews “The fascinating origins and complex legacy of this enduring masterwork are chronicled in [this] arresting new book.” —BookPage “Brisk [and] focused. . . . Taylor here covers the highlights, giving both an overview of Orwell’s career and a survey of his greatest literary achievement.” —Wall Street Journal “Taylor is an accomplished literary critic and he illuminates Orwell’s work in the context of his life, elegantly and expertly charting his course from Grub Street to bestsellerdom.” —TheGuardian

The Ministry of Truth

Author : Dorian Lynskey
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780385544061

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The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey Pdf

"Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey’s account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory.” --George Packer, The Atlantic An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incredibly timely history of 1984--its literary sources, its composition by Orwell, its deep and lasting effect on the Cold War, and its vast influence throughout world culture at every level, from high to pop. 1984 isn't just a novel; it's a key to understanding the modern world. George Orwell's final work is a treasure chest of ideas and memes--Big Brother, the Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, 2+2=5--that gain potency with every year. Particularly in 2016, when the election of Donald Trump made it a bestseller ("Ministry of Alternative Facts," anyone?). Its influence has morphed endlessly into novels (The Handmaid's Tale), films (Brazil), television shows (V for Vendetta), rock albums (Diamond Dogs), commercials (Apple), even reality TV (Big Brother). The Ministry of Truth is the first book that fully examines the epochal and cultural event that is 1984 in all its aspects: its roots in the utopian and dystopian literature that preceded it; the personal experiences in wartime Great Britain that Orwell drew on as he struggled to finish his masterpiece in his dying days; and the political and cultural phenomena that the novel ignited at once upon publication and that far from subsiding, have only grown over the decades. It explains how fiction history informs fiction and how fiction explains history.

Beyond Pluralism

Author : Wendy Freedman Katkin,Ned C. Landsman,Andrea Tyree
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0252066855

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Beyond Pluralism by Wendy Freedman Katkin,Ned C. Landsman,Andrea Tyree Pdf

Contributors here explore the nation's pluralistic framework as a historical creation, looking at group relations in the United States and how they have been conceptualized in the past. This volume attempts to bridge the gaps that have developed between various pluralist, multiculturalists, ethnic, academics, and other groups.

The Inarticulate Society

Author : Tom Shachtman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780029283752

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The Inarticulate Society by Tom Shachtman Pdf

In The Inarticulate Society, Thomas Shachtman persuasively argues that Americans have lost the ability to respond to other points of view - to argue - without coming swiftly to blows. His case is forcefully punctuated by the rising tide of political violence in America and the hateful and intolerant speech that appears to incite it. We are in danger of moving our political debates from the Senate chamber to the streets, in the process of losing the social stability needed for a working democracy. Shachtman pins the blame for this decline on the jargon-spouting "specialists" in the professions and academia, who use parochial vocabulary to erect linguistic barriers between themselves and "ordinary" citizens; on teachers who are barely articulate themselves; on the pervasiveness of popular entertainment geared to the lowest common denominator; on insipid advertising and marketing campaigns that deliberately bypass reason to appeal to emotions; and especially on our political leaders who find it easier to play the demagogue than to give substantive explanations of policy choices. Shachtman proposes a concrete, multifaceted program for rehabilitating eloquence through the constructive use of media together with political and educational reform.

Beyond 1984

Author : Richard G. Lazar,Menahem Davyd Lazar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Authoritarianism
ISBN : UOM:39015048719465

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George Orwell

Author : Thomas Cushman,John Rodden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317259237

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George Orwell by Thomas Cushman,John Rodden Pdf

The year 2003 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Orwell, one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century. Orwell's books are assigned today in over 60,000 classrooms annually. In this book essays by prominent writers and scholars explain why his impact continues in a world much changed from his own. The essays explore new aspects of Orwell's life and work and his continuing relevance for the interpretation of modern social, political, and cultural affairs. Thematic topics include: the use and abuse of 1984; ideas, ideologues, and intellectuals; biography and autobiography; literary and stylistic analyses; and the reception of Orwell's work abroad. The volume is an ideal secondary source for those who continue to be influenced by Orwell's insights and for teachers of Orwell's work. Contributors: Christopher Hitchens, Jonathan Rose, Ian Williams, Morris Dickstein, John Rodden, Thomas Cushman, Ronald F. Thiemann, Lawrence Rosenwald, Todd Gitlin, Erika Gottlieb, Dennis Wrong, Daphne Patai, Jim Sleeper, William Cain, Lynette Hunter, Margery Sabin, Vladimir Shalpentokh, Miquel Berga, Gilbert Bonifas, Robert Conquest.

Becoming George Orwell

Author : John Rodden
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780691228419

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Becoming George Orwell by John Rodden Pdf

The remarkable transformation of Orwell from journeyman writer to towering icon Is George Orwell the most influential writer who ever lived? Yes, according to John Rodden’s provocative book about the transformation of a man into a myth. Rodden does not argue that Orwell was the most distinguished man of letters of the last century, nor even the leading novelist of his generation, let alone the greatest imaginative writer of English prose fiction. Yet his influence since his death at midcentury is incomparable. No other writer has aroused so much controversy or contributed so many incessantly quoted words and phrases to our cultural lexicon, from “Big Brother” and “doublethink” to “thoughtcrime” and “Newspeak.” Becoming George Orwell is a pathbreaking tour de force that charts the astonishing passage of a litterateur into a legend. Rodden presents the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four in a new light, exploring how the man and writer Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, came to be overshadowed by the spectral figure associated with nightmare visions of our possible futures. Rodden opens with a discussion of the life and letters, chronicling Orwell’s eccentricities and emotional struggles, followed by an assessment of his chief literary achievements. The second half of the book examines the legend and legacy of Orwell, whom Rodden calls “England’s Prose Laureate,” looking at everything from cyberwarfare to “fake news.” The closing chapters address both Orwell’s enduring relevance to burning contemporary issues and the multiple ironies of his popular reputation, showing how he and his work have become confused with the very dreads and diseases that he fought against throughout his life.

Beyond 1984

Author : John Conlan,Irene Conlan
Publisher : Faith America Foundation
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984-04-01
Category : Christian sociology
ISBN : 0942770013

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Imagining Surveillance

Author : Peter Marks
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474400206

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Imagining Surveillance by Peter Marks Pdf

Presents the first full-length study of the depiction and assessment of surveillance in literature and film.

The Wreath of Wild Olive

Author : Mihai I. Spariosu
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438420769

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The Wreath of Wild Olive by Mihai I. Spariosu Pdf

Mihai Spariosu's book strikingly intervenes in the debate raging among the various oppositional and hegemonic discourses by advancing a new philosophy that transcends the currently prevailing agonistic mentality. He develops a ludic-irenic view intended to exceed both a voluntaristic and rationalist mode of thought, thereby convincingly opposing the all-pervading mentality of power in a world marked by difference, scapegoating, and strife between various social, ethnic, racial, and sexual factions. The ludic-irenic stance, basically derived from the playfulness of literature, produces alternative mentalities and alternative worlds which promote a responsive understanding of what there is, thus bringing to bear a healing influence within the human community, in which power and difference will cease to be ultimates. What Spariosu puts forward and demonstrates by means of a stupendous erudition is no less than a total reorientation of cultural criticism that is bound to have its impact on the course cultural studies will take.

1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788853804

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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Pdf

THE JURA EDITION with new introduction by Alex Massie 'For him Jura was home' - Richard Blair on his father George Orwell 'The book of the twentieth century . . . haunts us with an ever-darker relevance' – Ben Pimlott, Independent 'The greatest British novel to have been written since the war' – Time Out 'His final masterpiece . . . enthralling and indispensable for understanding modern history' – New York Review of Books The year is 1984 and war and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and The Thought Police are employed to ensure that no individual thinking is allowed. Winston Smith works at The Ministry of Truth, carefully rewriting history, but he dreams of freedom and of rebellion. It is here that he meets and falls in love with Julia. They start a secret, forbidden affair - but nothing can be kept secret, and they are forced to face consequences more terrifying than either of them could have ever imagined. In this new edition of a modern classic, Alex Massie's introduction highlights the importance that Jura had on the writing of one of the twentieth century's most important works of fiction.