Inside the Whale and Other EssaysIn Politics and the English Language, Orwell puts the case for political writers to use plain English and illustrates his point in essays such as England your England and Inside the Whale, while essays on language and literature consider Gulliver's Travels, Tolstoy and King Lear. |
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... Anais Nin , which I have never read , except for a few fragments , and which I believe have not been published . Miller claims that they are the only true feminine writing that has ever appeared , whatever that may mean . But the ...
... Anais Nin , which I have never read , except for a few fragments , and which I believe have not been published . Miller claims that they are the only true feminine writing that has ever appeared , whatever that may mean . But the ...
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... Anais Nin , there is no question that Miller himself is inside the whale . All his best and most characteristic passages are written from the angle of Jonah , a willing Jonah . Not that he is especially introverted - quite the contrary ...
... Anais Nin , there is no question that Miller himself is inside the whale . All his best and most characteristic passages are written from the angle of Jonah , a willing Jonah . Not that he is especially introverted - quite the contrary ...
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Bibliographical Note | 7 |
Down the Mine | 51 |
England Your England | 63 |
Copyright | |
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