George Orwell and Communist Poland: Émigré, Official and Clandestine Receptions (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)

George Orwell and Communist Poland is the first major account of George Orwell’s Polish reception during the Second World War and the Cold War era.It shows how Orwell, the epitome of a censored writer in the Soviet bloc, enjoyed a fulsome reception both outside and within communist Poland.It does so by developing a tripartite framework to study reception in conditions of state-imposed censorship, where three modes are likely to develop in response: émigré, official and clandestine. The book thus brings to light Orwell’s overlooked relationships with Polish exiles who informed his work and looked upon him not only as a writer but also a personal friend and political ally.They eagerly translated his works and sought multinational promotion, even behind the Iron Curtain.The volume argues that Orwell also experienced official reception, smuggled into state-controlled culture in officially accepted ways.Additionally, communist censorship files reflect his reception within the state apparatu