Keeping Our Little Corner Clean: 1942-1943 (Complete Orwell) [Paperback]

George Orwell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Complete Orwell | Publication Date: May 22, 2001

During this period, in addition to the magazine program, Voice, Orwell continued to develop what would now be called an "open university"—broadcasts by distinguished speakers on texts set for Bombay and Calcutta university degrees. He enlisted such speakers as E.M. Forster, T.S. Eliot, and Joseph Needham, and the broadcasts were backed up by publications printed in India for university students. Some of Orwell's scripts, such as that for his "Imaginary Interview with Jonathan Swift," pose difficult textual problems and these are fully examined and annotated. Additionally, the script of Eileen Blair's broadcast for the series, "In Your Kitchen" has been included. Orwell still found time to write a number of reviews, contribute to Partisan Review, and write essays on Hardy, Henry Miller, and Yeats.

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Orwell continued the BBC program ?Voice? and developed an ?open university? with broadcasts by distinguished speakers such as E.M. Forster, T.S. Eliot and Joseph Needham.

About the Author

Peter Davison is Professor of English and Media at De Montfort University, Leicester. He edited the Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript of Nineteen Eight-Four and the twenty volumes of The Complete Works of George Orwell.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Secker & Warburg (May 22, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0436404079
• ISBN-13: 978-0436404078
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,542,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950) was born in India and served with the Imperial Police in Burma before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was the author of six novels as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works.