Peter Marks is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Sydney, Australia. He wrote British Filmmakers: Terry Gilliam (Manchester University Press, 2009), co-edited Literature and the Contemporary (Longmans, 1999) and has written articles and chapters on such topics as George Orwell, the essay, 1930s British and American literature, periodicals, surveillance, and film adaptation.

This is the definitive, detailed narrative analysis of Orwell the essayist we have been waiting for. Peter Marks's book is a fine, original addition to Orwell criticism, a work of genuine scholarship and integrity, true to the spirit of Orwell's own writing.

• Introduction: Orwell, the Essay and Periodical Culture; 1. From Blair to Orwell: Finding a Voice (1931-36); 2. The Radicalised Orwell: From Spanish to Global Conflict (1937-39); 3. Orwell in Wartime: Socialism, Patriotism and the Threat to Culture (1940-45); 4. Orwell and the Uncertain Future: The End of History? (1946-1950); 5. The Posthumous Orwell and the Afterlife of the Essays (1956-the present); Bibliography; Index.

Peter Marks is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Sydney, Australia. He wrote British Filmmakers: Terry Gilliam (Manchester University Press, 2009), co-edited Literature and the Contemporary (Longmans, 1999) and has written articles and chapters on such topics as George Orwell, the essay, 1930s British and American literature, periodicals, surveillance, and film adaptation.

This is the definitive, detailed narrative analysis of Orwell the essayist we have been waiting for. Peter Marks's book is a fine, original addition to Orwell criticism, a work of genuine scholarship and integrity, true to the spirit of Orwell's own writing.

• Introduction: Orwell, the Essay and Periodical Culture; 1. From Blair to Orwell: Finding a Voice (1931-36); 2. The Radicalised Orwell: From Spanish to Global Conflict (1937-39); 3. Orwell in Wartime: Socialism, Patriotism and the Threat to Culture (1940-45); 4. Orwell and the Uncertain Future: The End of History? (1946-1950); 5. The Posthumous Orwell and the Afterlife of the Essays (1956-the present); Bibliography; Index.

Peter Marks is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Sydney, Australia. He wrote British Filmmakers: Terry Gilliam (Manchester University Press, 2009), co-edited Literature and the Contemporary (Longmans, 1999) and has written articles and chapters on such topics as George Orwell, the essay, 1930s British and American literature, periodicals, surveillance, and film adaptation.

This is the definitive, detailed narrative analysis of Orwell the essayist we have been waiting for. Peter Marks's book is a fine, original addition to Orwell criticism, a work of genuine scholarship and integrity, true to the spirit of Orwell's own writing.

• Introduction: Orwell, the Essay and Periodical Culture; 1. From Blair to Orwell: Finding a Voice (1931-36); 2. The Radicalised Orwell: From Spanish to Global Conflict (1937-39); 3. Orwell in Wartime: Socialism, Patriotism and the Threat to Culture (1940-45); 4. Orwell and the Uncertain Future: The End of History? (1946-1950); 5. The Posthumous Orwell and the Afterlife of the Essays (1956-the present); Bibliography; Index.