Orwell and Gissing

by Mark Connelly

Three generations of critics have commented on the parallels between George Orwell and his favorite novelist, George Gissing. I am a great fan of his, Orwell wrote in 1948, proclaiming that England has produced very few better novelists. This in-depth study reveals that Orwell drew heavily on the Gissing novels he admired in shaping his own. Gissing's New Grub Street and The Odd Women directly influenced Orwell's Depression-era novels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820433306
• ISBN13: 9780820433301
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"