Animal Farm

Critical Insights: Animal Farm offers a multidisciplinary range of perspectives on George Orwell’s classic satire. The volume of essay includes a consideration of Animal Farm’s rhetorical use by contemporary British politicians, a biopolitical reading of the text, a consideration of the work within the tradition of beast fables, an assessment within the tradition of literary anthropomorphism, an analysis of Orwell’s use of humor in the book, and a comparison of narrative strategies in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Through this collection, readers will appreciate Animal Farm’s influence on literature, politics, sociology, and history.