Five Misrepresentations of George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia
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Homage to Catalonia (1938) is the most famous book on the Spanish Civil War in the English language, but there is a tendency amongst both its admirers and detractors to misrepresent its contents. The former exaggerate the extent to which the book exposes Soviet skulduggery in Spain, the latter attempt to discredit Orwell as a witness and analyst.
Five Misrepresentations of George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia
Five Misrepresentations of George Orwell’s…
Five Misrepresentations of George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia (1938) is the most famous book on the Spanish Civil War in the English language, but there is a tendency amongst both its admirers and detractors to misrepresent its contents. The former exaggerate the extent to which the book exposes Soviet skulduggery in Spain, the latter attempt to discredit Orwell as a witness and analyst.