The Spanish Civil War and the Catalan Origins of George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', European Languages and Cultures

Professor Miquel Berga (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Professor of English Literature and former Dean of Humanities

The Spanish Civil War and the Catalan Origins of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

Joint event organised by 'Litfest' and 'Peripheral Identities' research group, DELC, Lancaster University

Miquel Berga is a well-known Orwell scholar who has published extensively on the representations of the Spanish Civil War in English literature. Among his most celebrated books are George Orwell and Spain and John Langdon-Davies, an Anglo-Catalan Biography.

In this paper Berga sheds light on Orwell's experiences in revolutionary Barcelona as key historical background to his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. This paper will also discuss in context the photographic representations of the Civil War, particularly with regard to the only photograph which exists of George Orwell in Barcelona, discovered by Berga among the pictures taken by Agusti Centelles prior to his exile in 1939.


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Archive Events Archive News Archive Back to Dept website	The Spanish Civil War and the Catalan Origins of George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' Date: 20 May 2010 Time: 7.30 pm Venue: Storey Gallery (Meeting House Lane, Lancaster), Auditorium 2010 Guest Lecture Series: Reciprocal Gazes on Catalonia Professor Miquel Berga (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Professor of English Literature and former Dean of Humanities The Spanish Civil War and the Catalan Origins of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four Joint event organised by 'Litfest' and 'Peripheral Identities' research group, DELC, Lancaster University Miquel Berga is a well-known Orwell scholar who has published extensively on the representations of the Spanish Civil War in English literature. Among his most celebrated books are George Orwell and Spain and John Langdon-Davies, an Anglo-Catalan Biography. In this paper Berga sheds light on Orwell's experiences in revolutionary Barcelona as key historical background to his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. This paper will also discuss in context the photographic representations of the Civil War, particularly with regard to the only photograph which exists of George Orwell in Barcelona, discovered by Berga among the pictures taken by Agusti Centelles prior to his exile in 1939. Contact: Who can attend: Anyone Further information Associated staff: Frederic Barbera Organising departments and research centres: European Languages and Cultures Keyword: «Back
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