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Politics and the English Language - Orwell, George, and Taylor, D.J. (Introduction by)
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George Orwell's essay examines the power of language to shape political ideas. It is about the importance of writing concisely, clearly and precisely and the dangers to our ability to think when language, especially political language, is obscured by vague, clich�d phrases and hackneyed metaphors. In it, he argues that when political discourse trades clarity and precision for stock phrases, the debasement of politics follows. First published in Horizon in 1946, Orwell's essay was soon recognised as an important text, ...

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Politics and the English Language 2022, Bodleian Library, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781851246021

Hardcover

Politics and the English Language 2021, Renard Press Ltd

ISBN-13: 9781913724306

Paperback

Politics and the English Language 2013, Penguin Classics, London

ISBN-13: 9780141393063

Paperback