Bernard Shaw Complete Plays With Prefaces
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| Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : Oxford City Press |
| Total Pages | : 1071 |
| Release | : 2012-12 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9781781393482 |
George Bernard Shaw was a satirical genius, ruthlessly exposing hypocrisy, and creating moral dilemmas for the reader to mull on. These are biting, witty, sometimes rude, highly intelligent plays. This collection of thirty-four of his plays is an Omnibus that will give hours of pleasure to the reader.
| Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 529 |
| Release | : 2004-08-03 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1101157666 |
George Bernard Shaw demanded truth and despised convention. He punctured hollow pretensions and smug prudishness—coating his criticism with ingenious and irreverent wit. In Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman, the great playwright satirizes society, military heroism, marriage, and the pursuit of man by woman. From a social, literary, and theatrical standpoint, these four plays are among the foremost dramas of the age—as intellectually stimulating as they are thoroughly enjoyable. “My way of joking is to tell the truth: It is the funniest joke in the world.”—G. B. Shaw With an Introduction by Eric Bentley and an Afterword by Norman Lloyd
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : Gramercy |
| Total Pages | : 722 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : |
A collection of six short plays written by George Bernard Shaw.
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1934 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9781557835611 |
(Applause Books). "With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare when I measure my mind against his." - From SHAW ON SHAKESPEARE Celebrated playwright, critic and essayist George Bernard Shaw was more like the Elizabethan master that he would ever admit. Both men were intristic dramatists who shared a rich and abiding respect for the stage. Shakespeare was the produce of a tempestuous and enlightening era under the reign of his patron, Queen Elizabeth I; while G.B.S. reflected the racy and risque spirt of the late 19th century as the champion of modern drama by playwrights like Ibsen, and, later, himself. Culled from Shaw's reviews, prefaces, letters to actors and critics, and other writings, SHAW ON SHAKESPEARE offers a fascinating and unforgettable portrait of the 16th century playwright by his most outspoken critic. This is a witty and provocative classic that combines Shaw's prodigious critical acumen with a superlative prose style second to none (except, perhaps, Shakespeare!).
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : Viking Adult |
| Total Pages | : 650 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : |
"This is Volume II, covering the years 1914-29, of a three-part edition, which will be the first to bring together all of Shaw's prefaces (several hitherto unpublished). They are assembled chronologically and are provided with annotation of elusive topical references, through the meticulous but judicious editing of Dan H. Laurence and Daniel J. Leary." "The prodigious range of subjects - children's rights, creative evolution, capital punishment, blood sport, the nature of sainthood, the Irish question - remains as topical as this morning's newspaper columns. Shaw's concerns about human possibilities, and the greed, insularity and blindness that obstruct those possibilities, are as applicable today as they were a century ago." "To H. M. Tomlinson, Shaw possessed a 'passionate morality that happens to be gifted with the complete control of expression'. His energetic prose is ardent, rhythmic, brimming with vitality and bursting with humour. Moreover, Shaw's voice defies time, linked as it is to a tradition extending back to the English translators of the Bible, through Dryden and Swift, to Dickens, while managing to be outrageously idiosyncratic and couched in a diction that uniquely anticipates the evolution of the language itself."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| Genre | : English drama |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : G. K. Chesterton |
| Publisher | : Cosimo, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 121 |
| Release | : 2007-11-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1602068739 |
British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative," for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was an arts critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," and his works-80 books and nearly 4,000 essays-remain among the most beloved in the English language. Chesterton clashed vociferously and frequently with George Bernhard Shaw, his greatest intellectual "enemy," once calling the Irish playwright "most savagely serious man of his time." This 1909 critique of Shaw's work and attitudes is considered one of the best works of cultural criticism ever written, and certainly the best book on Shaw. Exploring the writer's work through the perspectives of his various personas-the Irishman, the Puritan, the Progressive, the Critic, the Dramatist, and the Philosopher-Chesterton, with brutal grace and devastating humor, shreds Shaw's grimness and illiberalism. This is essential reading for those seeking the best English literature has to offer.
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : London : Odhams Press, [195-?] |
| Total Pages | : 1404 |
| Release | : 1953 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Brad Kent |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 723 |
| Release | : 2015-10-14 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1316432165 |
When George Bernard Shaw died in 1950, the world lost one of its most well-known authors, a revolutionary who was as renowned for his personality as he was for his humour, humanity, and rebellious thinking. He remains a compelling figure who deserves attention not only for how influential he was in his time, but for how relevant he is to ours. This collection sets Shaw's life and achievements in context, with forty-two scholarly essays devoted to subjects that interested him and defined his work. Contributors explore a wide range of themes, moving from factors that were formative in Shaw's life, to the artistic work that made him most famous and the institutions with which he worked, to the political and social issues that consumed much of his attention, and, finally, to his influence and reception. Presenting fresh material and arguments, this collection will point to new directions of research for future scholars.
