Judging Shaw : the radicalism of GBS / Fintan O'Toole
2017, 1st edition. Dublin : Prism, an imprint of the Royal Irish Academy. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #437726
ISBN: 1908997168
Physical description: xxiii, 358 pages : illustrations. Contents: Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE INVENTION OF GBS; 2. REVOLT INTO STYLE: GBS VERSUS ENGLAND; 3. AFTER THE REVOLUTION: GBS VERSUS IRELAND; 4. THE THINKING CAP AND THE JESTER'S BELLS: SHAW'S THEATRE; 5. GBS'S WAR ON POVERTY; 6. THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF GBS; 7. THE LETHAL CHAMBER: THE DARK SIDE OF GBS; 8. THE AIR WE BREATHE: JUDGING GBS; Abbreviations; Endnotes; Image credits; Index. Subjects: Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950 Criticism and interpretation. Dramatists, Irish 19th century ; Biography. Socialism and literature. Great Britain.
Price: €32.00