A criticism of Orwell's nightmare vision of the future in a totalitarian world. Critics within this volume comment not only on how Orwell's vision applies to reality, but they write of the horror of his totalitarian world; the protagonist that is willing to fight it; and Orwell's concern with language, feeling, and memory.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

George Orwell / Raymond Williams -- Orwell, Freud, and 1984 / Paul Rozen -- Ingsoc considered / Anthony Burgess -- Gamesmanship and androcentrism in Nineteen eighty-four / Daphne Patai -- The misunderstanding of newspeak / Roy Harris -- 1984: enigmas of power / Irving Howe -- "It makes no difference": a utopia of simulation and transparency / Vita Fortunati.