George Orwell Studies Vol.7 No.2 - Paperback

by Tim Crook (Editor), Richard Lance Keeble (Editor)

Special Tribute Issue to Professor Peter Davison

Contents

Editorial

Peter Davison: A Giant Among Orwell Scholars - by Richard Lance Keeble

Tributes

- 'The Complete Works: Clear, Reliable, Scrupulous - and Beautiful' - by Douglas Kerr

- 'Esteemed by Other Orwellians for his Readiness to Offer Help and Encouragement' - by Darcy Moore

- Farewell & Hail, Peter! - by John Rodden

- 'He Was Nothing if not a Completist!' - by Richard Young

- How Peter Lives on at Birmingham University - by Nathan Waddell

- 'Peter: My Wonderful, Supportive Friend for 10 years' - by Sylvia Topp

- 'Rather a Great Man' - by D.J. Taylor

- Why A Literary Life is One of the Best Studies of Orwell - by John Newsinger

- An 'Unparalleled Feat of Respect, Curiosity and Love' - by Dorian Lynskey

Articles

- Ian Angus's Crucial Role in the Promotion of Orwell Studies - by John Lethbridge

- Introduction to Publication of Orwell's Original Manuscript for Nineteen Eighty-Four - by D.J. Taylor

- Richard Young on the Original 1984 Manuscript

- Big Brother Vladimir? - by John Rodden

Book Reviews

Martin Tyrrell on Orwell in Cuba: How 1984 came to be Published in Castro's Twilight, by Frédérick Lavoie (translated by Donald Winkler); Tim Crook on The Radio Front: The BBC and the Propaganda War 1939-45, by Ron Bateman