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The Critical Shaw: On Literature, Music, Politics, Religion, Theater by George Bernard Shaw; Gustavo A. Rodriguez Martin is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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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Author

George Bernard Shaw; Gustavo A. Rodriguez Martin

Publisher

RosettaBooks : Made available through hoopla

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780795348938

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Collections, Poetry, Literary Criticism