George Orwell and Religion

Michael G. Brennan

"Drawing on the full range of Orwell's public and private writing, Michael Brennan reassesses Orwell's lifelong engagement with religion in his life and work."--Bloomsbury Publishing. "In his attitude toward religion, George Orwell has been characterised in various terms: as an agnostic, humanist, secular saint or even Christian atheist. Drawing on the full range of his public and private writings - from major works such as Keep the Aspidistra Flying, 1984 and Down and Out in Paris and London to his shorter journalism and private letters and journals - George Orwell and Religion is a major reassessment of Orwell's life-long engagement with religion. Exploring Orwell's life and work, Michael Brennan illuminates for the first time how this profound engagement with religion informed the intensely humanitarian spirit of his writings."--Bloomsbury Publishing.