George Orwell, the British writer from the mid-twentieth century, is in the news these days. Some suggest we are stuck in “Animal Farm,” “an animal fable about totalitarianism,” but others believe ...

If we speak in political slogans, we'll get to where we can only think in political slogans. Then it becomes impossible to ...

Shortly before he died George Orwell ... not thing of language as a natural growth, but as a tool whose careful use was incumbent on all thinking people. In "Politics and the English Language ...

In a 1946 essay titled “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell pointed to the lack of precise language and use of ...

The year 2003 marks the centennial of author George Orwell’s birth. Called by some the most important writer of the twentieth century, his legacy is in part in his language: Newspeak ...

Readers of George Orwell’s novel—still reeling ... is the fictionalized version of his most famous essay. “Politics and the ...

Having left an indelible mark on popular culture, we explore five songs that successfully evoked George Orwell's dystopian vision in '1984'.

This extract is the beginning of an essay by George Orwell, the novelist, who was also a famous essay writer. This essay is called Politics and the English Language. It was published in 1946 ...

This extract is the beginning of an essay by George Orwell, the novelist, who was also a famous essay writer. This essay is called Politics and the English Language. It was published in 1946 ...