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Personal Behavior, Biographical History, and Literary Reputation: The Case of George Orwell
- Biography
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 12, Number 3, Summer 1989
- pp. 189-207
- 10.1353/bio.2010.0505
- Article
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The history of Orwell biography illumines both how personal relations affect the writing of biography and how personal behavior and biographical history interact to shape literary reputation. Ultimately it also raises cultural, ethical, and professional issues about the writing of biography in the post-Stracheyan age.