Shaw
"Man and Superman" and "St.Joan"
A. M. Gibbs(Editor)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 13. December 1991
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-333-39807-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume presents a full account of the critical reception of two major works of Bernard Shaw which are widely regarded as classics of the English theatre. Early comments on the plays and early newspaper reviews are followed by an extensive selection of later critical essays. The introduction examines certain thematic and formal parallels between the two plays and provides a summary account of their critical reception. The essays in the volume provide a rich variety of critical perspectives on the two plays and lively illustration of the controversies and sharp division of opinion which Shaw's work has always provoked.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-39807-4 (9780333398074)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
PART 1 MAN AND SUPERMAN - Early Reception - Comments by Shaw on the Play - Max Beerbohm's Review - Further Reviews by E.A.Baughan, A.B.Walkley and William Archer (1905) - Critical Studies 1947-84 including Eric Bentley, Louis Crompton, Alfred Turco, A.M.Gibbs & Nicholas Grene - PART 2 SAINT JOAN - Comments by Shaw and Early Reception - Critical Studies 1949-83 including Thomas Mann, Louis Martz, Margery Morgan, J.L.Wisenthal, M.A.Cohen and John Bertolini