How he wrote. George Orwell: A writer's guide

Despite a writing career of only twenty years, George Orwell produced six novels, three documentary books, a small collection of poetry, and several hundred essays, commentaries and pieces of criticism. He was a prolific writer whose reputation seemingly now rests more upon his nonfictional prose than his fiction, in the eyes of many scholars.;Today it is Orwell's reportage and any of several essay collections which often draw the attention of readers of his work; the early novels especially, most of which are now out of print, have slipped to secondary status--more often cited to show Orwell at his less-polished.;This dissertation asserts that Orwell made several valuable contributions to and exercises in the form of the novel during his lifetime, and that although he never wrote a book-length work describing his own writing process or one which he might suggest to others, in his collected works, there is the basis for such a volume.;The text opens with a prefatory chapter establishing Orwell's ability as a novelist and prose writer in general, in the eyes of his peers and critics alike. This includes secondary criticism spanning Orwell's career through the more contemporary work of recent years.;After this set-up, the dissertation moves similarly into a more focused discussion of Orwell's background, work ethic and ability, followed by chapters considering his style, creation of characters and setting; before finally concluding with remarks on his impact on other writers, his view of the future of literature, and his final place in English literature of this century.