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Bernard Shaw on Literature

Bernard Shaw on Literature

Shaw, George Bernard
Rodriguez Martin, Gustavo a.

Paperback

Series: Critical Shaw

Letters & EssaysTheater HistoryMusic Theory

ISBN10: 0795348932
ISBN13: 9780795348938
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Published: Feb 29 2016
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

A collection of literary criticism from the Nobel Prize-winning playwright behind such classics as Saint Joan and Pygmalion.

The Critical Shaw: On Literature is a comprehensive selection of renowned Irish playwright and Nobel Laureate Bernard Shaw's ideas and opinions on a wide range of literary forms of expression, from Shakespearean drama to ghost stories, from naturalist novels to philosophical essays. Shaw meticulously applied his comprehensive knowledge of the intricacies of writing and publishing (composition, typesetting, style, themes, censorship) and in the process produced an extensive array of critical works spanning more than fifty years. Always with an axe to grind--whether aesthetic, ethical, or otherwise--Shaw tested the boundaries of satire in his critical essays, occasionally locking horns as a result with some of the most prominent authors of his lifetime. Displaying wit and wisdom in equal proportions, some of his reviews remain fresh even though the authors and books they appraised have long since fallen into oblivion. Shaw's views about literature challenged established conventions of the canon and helped to shape a renewed collective concept of literature.

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