Nineteen Eighty-four: Past, Present, and Future
- ISBN-10
- 0805781102
- ISBN-13
- 9780805781106
- Series
- Nineteen Eighty-four
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 159
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Twayne Pub
- Author
- Patrick Reilly
Description
Reilly draws a parallel between Nineteen Eighty-Four and Gulliver's Travels; he discusses the novel in terms of the myth, Jack the Giant-Killer; and he shows how Orwell charted the decline of religion.
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