'
Politics and the English Language' is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style.
Bad English, he believed, was a vehicle for oppressive ideology, and it is no accident that '
Politics and the English Language' was written after the close of World War II..
Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics; it was always inextricably linked to Politics and to truth.'
All issues are political issues, and Politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
When the general atmosphere is bad, Language must suffer.'
Language is a political issue, and slovenly use of Language and cliches make it easier for those in power to deliberately use misleading Language to hide unpleasant political facts. '
Politics and the English Language' is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style
