Understanding Animal Farm: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

by John Rodden

Book Overview

Animal Farm is a political allegory of the history of the USSR written in the form of a fable. Its stinging moral warning against the abuse of power is forcefully demonstrated in this casebook through a wide variety of historical, political, and literary documents that are directly applicable to the novel. Included are passages from the Soviet press; excerpts from personal memoirs and correspondence; original translations from Russian and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313302014
• ISBN13: 9780313302015
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"