Author(s): Prof. Harold Bloom
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 204
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Language: English
Date Published: 2009-10-15
Dimensions: 164.08 x 244.09 x 16.51mm
Publication City/Country: Broomall, United States
Edition: New
Illustrations: chronology, bibliography, index

Tracing the rise of Napoleon as the leader of the barnyard animals and his ensuing dictatorship in the farmyard community, this classic satiric allegory serves as a warning to all societies as it depicts the slide from revolution to totalitarianism. Orwell transforms the seeming pastoral innocence of his setting into a pernicious political theater of repression and control. This new edition of critical essays examining Animal Farm provides 10 to 12 full-length critical essays for students of literature, plus a chronology of the author's life, a bibliography, an index, and notes on the contributing writers.