George Orwell Studies Vol.7 No.2

Special Tribute Issue to Professor Peter Davison

Contents

Editorial

Peter Davison: A Giant Among Orwell Scholars - by Richard Lance Keeble

Tributes

• 'The Complete Works: Clear, Reliable, Scrupulous - and Beautiful' - by Douglas Kerr

• 'Esteemed by Other Orwellians for his Readiness to Offer Help and Encouragement' - by Darcy Moore

• Farewell & Hail, Peter! - by John Rodden

• 'He Was Nothing if not a Completist!' - by Richard Young

• How Peter Lives on at Birmingham University - by Nathan Waddell

• 'Peter: My Wonderful, Supportive Friend for 10 years' - by Sylvia Topp

• 'Rather a Great Man' - by D.J. Taylor

• Why A Literary Life is One of the Best Studies of Orwell - by John Newsinger

• An 'Unparalleled Feat of Respect, Curiosity and Love' - by Dorian Lynskey

Articles

• Ian Angus's Crucial Role in the Promotion of Orwell Studies - by John Lethbridge

• Introduction to Publication of Orwell's Original Manuscript for Nineteen Eighty-Four - by D.J. Taylor

• Richard Young on the Original 1984 Manuscript

• Big Brother Vladimir? - by John Rodden

Book Reviews

Martin Tyrrell on Orwell in Cuba: How 1984 came to be Published in Castro's Twilight, by Frédérick Lavoie (translated by Donald Winkler); Tim Crook on The Radio Front: The BBC and the Propaganda War 1939-45, by Ron Bateman