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The duty to stand aside : Nineteen Eighty-Four and the wartime quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort, by Eric Laursen
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- Summary
- The Duty to Stand Aside tells the story of one of the most intriguing yet little-known literary-political feuds -- and friendships -- in 20th-century English literature. It examines the arguments that divided George Orwell, future author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Alex Comfort, poet, biologist, anarchist-pacifist, and future author of the international bestseller The Joy of Sex -- during WWII. Orwell maintained that standing aside, or opposing Britain’s war against fascism, was "objectively pro-fascist." Comfort argued that intellectuals who did not stand aside and denounce their own government’s atrocities -- in Britain's case, saturation bombing of civilian population centers -- had "sacrificed their responsible attitude to humanity." Later, Comfort and Orwell developed a friendship based on appreciation of each other's work and a common concern about the growing power and penetration of the State -- a concern that deeply influenced the writing of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Shortly before his death in 1950, however, Orwell would accuse Comfort of being "anti-British" and "temperamentally pro-totalitarian" in a memo he prepared secretly for the Foreign Office -- a fact that Comfort, who died in 2000, never knew. Laursen's book takes a fresh look at the Orwell-Comfort quarrel and the lessons it holds for our very different world -- in which war has been replaced by undeclared "conflicts," civilian bombing is even more enthusiastically practiced, and moral choices between two sides are rarely straightforward
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 175 pages
- Contents
-
- Conclusion
- The moral lens
- A clash of temperaments
- A public "set-to"
- A disagreement in verse
- Common ground
- The sociopathic state
- The "snitch list"
- "The act of standing aside"
- Isbn
- 9781849353182
- Label
- The duty to stand aside : Nineteen Eighty-Four and the wartime quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort
- Title
- The duty to stand aside
- Title remainder
- Nineteen Eighty-Four and the wartime quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort
- Statement of responsibility
- by Eric Laursen
- Subject
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- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- Social aspects
- War and literature
- War and society
- 1939-1945
- War and society
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects
- War and society
- Comfort, Alex, 1920-2000
- Comfort, Alex, 1920-2000
- Comfort, Alex, 1920-2000
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Duty to Stand Aside tells the story of one of the most intriguing yet little-known literary-political feuds -- and friendships -- in 20th-century English literature. It examines the arguments that divided George Orwell, future author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Alex Comfort, poet, biologist, anarchist-pacifist, and future author of the international bestseller The Joy of Sex -- during WWII. Orwell maintained that standing aside, or opposing Britain’s war against fascism, was "objectively pro-fascist." Comfort argued that intellectuals who did not stand aside and denounce their own government’s atrocities -- in Britain's case, saturation bombing of civilian population centers -- had "sacrificed their responsible attitude to humanity." Later, Comfort and Orwell developed a friendship based on appreciation of each other's work and a common concern about the growing power and penetration of the State -- a concern that deeply influenced the writing of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Shortly before his death in 1950, however, Orwell would accuse Comfort of being "anti-British" and "temperamentally pro-totalitarian" in a memo he prepared secretly for the Foreign Office -- a fact that Comfort, who died in 2000, never knew. Laursen's book takes a fresh look at the Orwell-Comfort quarrel and the lessons it holds for our very different world -- in which war has been replaced by undeclared "conflicts," civilian bombing is even more enthusiastically practiced, and moral choices between two sides are rarely straightforward
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Laursen, Eric,
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Orwell, George
- Comfort, Alex
- Comfort, Alex
- Orwell, George
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- War and society
- Social aspects
- War and literature
- War and society
- Label
- The duty to stand aside : Nineteen Eighty-Four and the wartime quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort, by Eric Laursen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-165) index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nb
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Conclusion
- The moral lens
- A clash of temperaments
- A public "set-to"
- A disagreement in verse
- Common ground
- The sociopathic state
- The "snitch list"
- "The act of standing aside"
- Control code
- 1007758174
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 175 pages
- Isbn
- 9781849353182
- Lccn
- 2017957068
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1007758174
- Label
- The duty to stand aside : Nineteen Eighty-Four and the wartime quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort, by Eric Laursen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-165) index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nb
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Conclusion
- The moral lens
- A clash of temperaments
- A public "set-to"
- A disagreement in verse
- Common ground
- The sociopathic state
- The "snitch list"
- "The act of standing aside"
- Control code
- 1007758174
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 175 pages
- Isbn
- 9781849353182
- Lccn
- 2017957068
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1007758174
Subject
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- Social aspects
- War and literature
- War and society
- 1939-1945
- War and society
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects
- War and society
- Comfort, Alex, 1920-2000
- Comfort, Alex, 1920-2000
- Comfort, Alex, 1920-2000
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