Essay · 1946
Politics and the English Language
George Orwell
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Essay · 1946 · English · Modern
Politics and the English Language
George Orwell — born Eric Arthur Blair
Six rules against the dying metaphor, the pretentious diction and the ready-made phrase.
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The companion text to Animal Farm: if political language exists to make lies sound truthful, then style is a moral discipline, not a decoration.
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Six rules against the dying metaphor, the pretentious diction and the ready-made phrase.
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