George Orwell and the Defence of English Food

Authors

  • Blake Perkins Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28393

Keywords:

George Orwell, English Food, social history, English working class, English literature, the British Council, mid-20th century, rationing, British diet, Food and Politics

Abstract

The article explores George Orwell's an abiding if eccentric interest in food. He even thought ‘it could be plausibly argued that changes in diet are more important than changes of dynasty or even of religion.’ To illustrate the point he added somewhat implausibly that the ‘Great War, for instance, could never have happened if tinned food had not been invented.’

Author Biography

  • Blake Perkins, Independent Scholar

    Blake Perkins is a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and to the online quarterly magazine <www.britishfoodinamerica.com>. He holds an A.B. and M.A. in history from Brown and a J.D. from Chicago.

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Published

2014-10-01

Issue

PPC 101 (2014)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Perkins, Blake. 2014. “George Orwell and the Defence of English Food”. Petits Propos Culinaires, October, 87-105. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28393.