Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's 1938 autobiographical account of his service in the Spanish Civil War between December 1936 and July 1937. This experience profoundly influenced his anti-totalitarian stance and advocacy for democratic socialism.
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's 1938 autobiography detailing his experiences fighting in the Spanish Civil War from December 1936 to July 1937. The war significantly shaped his political views against totalitarianism.
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| Back | An autobigraphy George Orwell 1938 Spanish civil war An account of his time in spain from December 1936 to July 1937 Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. The war was one of the shaping events on his political outlook and a significant part of what led him to write, in 1946, "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for Democratic Socialism, as I understand it. |
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