Bernard Shaw: A Critical View

by Nicholas Grene

Overview

'...the analysis of individual plays is measured and illuminating. The book will be of interest to all Shavians, to students, and to the many general readers who value Shaw's unsentimental idealism.' British Book News '...Grene's study makes a valuable contribution to a still-developing subject ... His analysis of the plays is well-informed and perceptive, and he is always alert to the exigencies of theatrical performance.' Times Higher Education Supplement

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333435380
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/04/1987
Series:	Studies in Anglo-Irish Literature
Edition description:	1987
Pages:	173
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - Preface - Two Models: Wilde and Ibsen - Pleasant/Unpleasant - Stage Tricks and Suspenses - Comedy and Dialectic - A Geographical Conscience - Giving the Devil More than his Due - The Perfection of Levity - Bangs and Whimpers - Shavian History - Language and Reality - Bibliography - Index