Homage to Catalonia
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Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell’s first-person account of his experiences fighting with anti-fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War, noted for its political insight and critique of totalitarianism.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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political memoir ⓘ war memoir ⓘ |
| abbreviationMentioned | POUM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aboutAuthorRole |
George Orwell as POUM militiaman
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George Orwell as militia volunteer ⓘ |
| author | George Orwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Barcelona May Days
NERFINISHED
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Spanish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describesOrganization |
Anarchists in Spain
NERFINISHED
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CNT NERFINISHED ⓘ Communist Party of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Workers' Party of Marxist Unification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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political literature ⓘ war literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
critique of Stalinism
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description of street fighting in Barcelona ⓘ front-line accounts from Aragon front ⓘ political analysis of Spanish left ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal of revolution
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class struggle ⓘ conflict within the left ⓘ idealism versus reality ⓘ military incompetence ⓘ political repression ⓘ propaganda and misinformation ⓘ |
| influenced |
later interpretations of Spanish Civil War
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political thought on totalitarianism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | George Orwell's experiences in Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | anti-totalitarian literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Barcelona
NERFINISHED
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Catalonia NERFINISHED ⓘ POUM NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ anti-fascism ⓘ revolutionary politics ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of totalitarian tendencies on the left
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critique of Stalinist influence in Spain ⓘ detailed first-hand account of Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| publisher | Secker & Warburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1936–1937 ⓘ |
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