Hope Lies in the Proles: George Orwell and the Left

by John Newsinger

Book Overview

Few figures on the left are as widely heralded as George Orwell. Yet his actual politics are poorly understood. Hope Lies in the Proles corrects that, offering a sympathetic yet critical account of Orwell's often muddied political thinking and its continued relevance today. John Newsinger takes up various aspects of Orwell's personal politics, exploring his attempts to change working-class consciousness, considering it alternately romantic, realistic,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745399282
• ISBN13: 9780745399287
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.3"