The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw - Brossura

Innes, Christopher

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ISBN 10: 0521566339 ISBN 13: 9780521566339

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Riassunto

The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw is an indispensable guide to one of the most influential and important dramatists of the theatre. The volume offers a broad-ranging study of Shaw with essays by a team of leading scholars. The Companion covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing on both the political and theatrical context, while the extensive illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada. In addition to situating Shaw's work in its own time, the Companion demonstrates its continuing relevance, and applies some of the newest critical approaches. Topics include Shaw and the publishing trade, Shaw and feminism, and Shaw and the Empire, as well as analyses of the early plays, discussion plays and history plays.

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"...eminently suitable for all academic libraries--undergraduate, graduate, and research." Choice

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The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw is an indispensable guide to one of the most influential and important dramatists of the theatre. The volume offers a broad-ranging study of Shaw with essays by a team of leading scholars. The Companion covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing on both the political and theatrical context.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0521566339
• ISBN 13: 9780521566339
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 376