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  1. G. K. Chesterton's literary influence on George Orwell
    a surprising irony
    Author: Seaber, Luke
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY [u.a.]

    Location:
    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf
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    ango15904.s438
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780773425804; 0773425802
    Other subjects: Chesterton, G. K. (1874-1936); Orwell, George (1903-1950)
    Scope: XVI, 389 S., Ill.
  2. G. K. Chesterton's literary influence on George Orwell
    a surprising irony
    Author: Seaber, Luke
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Mellen, Lewiston, NY [u.a.]

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780773425804; 0773425802
    Subjects: Chesterton, G. K.; Orwell, George;
    Other subjects: Chesterton, G. K (1874-1936); Orwell, George (1903-1950); Chesterton, G. K. (1874-1936); Orwell, George (1903-1950)
    Scope: XVI, 389 S., [1] Blatt, Ill.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  3. G.K. Chesterton's Literary Influence on George Orwell
    a Surprising Irony
    Author: Seaber, Luke
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston

    Location:
    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0773411860; 9780773411869
    Subjects: Chesterton, G.K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 / Criticism and interpretation; Orwell, George, 1903-1950 / Criticism and interpretation; Literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literatur
    Other subjects: Chesterton, G. K. / (Gilbert Keith) / 1874-1936; Orwell, George / 1903-1950; Chesterton, G. K. (1874-1936); Orwell, George (1903-1950); Chesterton, G. K. (1874-1936); Orwell, George (1903-1950)
    Scope: 1 online resource (412 pages)
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    Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: A Critical Examination of Orwell's References to Chesterton; Chapter 2: Father Brown in 1984: Chestertonian Presences in the Novels of Orwell; Chapter 3: 'Who Is to Be Master?': Chesterton and Orwell as Critics of Public Language Use; Chapter 4: 'All Propaganda Is Lies': A Comparison of the Wartime Propaganda of Chesterton and Orwell; Chapter 5: The Centrality of Politics: Nationalism, Distributism and the Symbolic Figure of Dickens

    Chapter 6: 'The Past Is a Foreign Country': Postcolonial, Imperial and Historical AlterityConclusion; Bibliography; Index

    Luke Seaber is the first author to study the influence of G.K. Chesterton on George Orwell. The book analyzes how Chesteron influenced Orwell's novels and how Orwell misrepresented Chesterton because he was embarrassed by this fact. Seaber takes the Orwell-Chesterton relationship one step further by looking at the similarities found within each author's use political language, war-time propaganda, and the symbolism of Dickens. However, Seaber concludes by taking a different direction. Rather than solely illustrating their similarities, Seaber juxtaposes Orwell and Chesterton's literary techniq