Homage to Catalonia (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Eric Arthur Blair
- First Published: 1938
- Type of Work: Memoir
- Time of Work: December, 1936, to June, 1937
- Setting: Northeastern Spain and Barcelona
- Principal Characters: George Orwell, Eric Arthur Blair, Eileen O’Shaughnessy Blair, Georges Kopp, Bob Smillie
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Politics, Socialism, Government, Military life or service, Soldiers, Civil wars, Fascism
Form and Content
The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July, 1936, to March, 1939, was in some ways an international civil war as well: Partisans and opponents of Fascism from all over the world took part in it. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sent arms to aid the right-wing rebels led by Francisco Franco. Joseph Stalin sent arms and advisers to the Spanish Republican government and ordered the Communist International to organize the International Brigades in defense of that republic. Although the governments of France, Great Britain, and the United States maintained strict...
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