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SHAW: Shaw & History, The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, Vol. 19: Shaw and History by Gale K. Larson; Stanley Weintraub; John R. Pfeiffer; John Allett; Sidney P. Albert; George Bernard Shaw; David Gunby; Wendi Chen; Rodelle Weintraub; Michael M. O'Hara; Sally Peters is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>This special issue of <em>Shaw</em> offers ten articles that focus on the theme of "Shaw and History." That focus illuminates Shaw's concept of history as art and its uses for dramatic purposes. It is a focus that is broadly applied to the historical perspective. Views range from Shaw's uses of historical sources in the Shavianizing of history, his uses of historical, geographical, and political places and events in his work, to views that place selected Shavian works within a historical context.</p> <p>Stanley Weintraub discusses Shaw's references to Cetewayo, Zulu chieftain, in <em>Cashel Byron's Profession</em> as the first incorporation of a contemporary historical figure into his work.</p> <p>John Allett explores the liberal, socialist, and radical feminist views of prostitution in nineteenth-century England and demonstrates how those political views are developed within the unfolding action of <em>Mrs Warren's Profession.</em></p> <p>Sidney P. Albert studies the Utopian movement, "The Garden City," to determine the extent to which that movement influenced Shaw's conception of Perivale St. Andres in <em>Major Barbara.</em> He also narrates his personal attempt to identify t

Author

Gale K. Larson; Stanley Weintraub; John R. Pfeiffer; John Allett; Sidney P. Albert; George Bernard Shaw; David Gunby; Wendi Chen; Rodelle Weintraub; Michael M. O'Hara; Sally Peters

Publisher

University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780271019185

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, History