| Description |
182 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Twentieth century views |
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Twentieth century views.
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| Note |
"A Spectrum book." |
| Bibliography |
"Selected bibliography": page 182. |
| Contents |
Ovation for Shaw / by Bertolt Brecht -- Biographic: G.B.S. (70) on George Bernard Shaw (20) / by Erik H. Erikson -- Born to see it right: the roots of Shaw's style / by Richard M. Ohmann -- A mote in the critic's eye: Bernard Shaw and comedy / by Bruce R. Park -- The making of a dramatist (1892-1903) / by Eric Bentley -- The conflict of wills in Shaw's tragicomedy / by Norbert F. O'Donnell -- Shaw's challenge to liberalism / by Louis Crompton -- Bernard Shaw: the face behind the mask / by Robert Brustein -- Shaw's integral theatre / by G. Wilson Knight -- Back to Methuselah: the poet and the city / by Margery M. Morgan -- The saint as tragic hero / by Louis L. Martz -- The Shavian machine / by T.R. Henn -- Bernard Shaw and William Blake / by Irving Fiske. |
| Summary |
A collection of essays on Shaw's artistry in using the drama to project his intense social and political convictions. |
| Subject |
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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