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Writers and Politics: Modernism = Fascism?
“the relationship between Fascism and the literary intelligentsia badly needs investigation…” – George Orwell “If modernism cut exhilarating loose from exhausted national traditions, it did so, after...
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Orwell on Writing… and on How to Make a Proper Cup of Tea
George Orwell‘s eleven golden rules for making a proper cup of tea. And his rules for writing. Seriously and highly recommended. One cannot read these rules often enough. And, finally, if you want the...
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“Nothing Ever Dies”: George Orwell’s Letters and Diaries
Excellent article by Simon Leys on the recently published diaries and letters of George Orwell, edited by Peter Davison. Orwell wrote so well, of course, that he could be anyone’s writing master. Even...
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Open Culture’s (Excellent) List of Best Non-Fiction Ever
Bat Terrier applauds Open Culture‘s smart list of essential non-fiction. (Click here for the list.) Have you ever seen Nietzsche’s The Gay Science, undoubtedly one of the best books ever written, on...
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