George Bernard Shaw's public career began in arts journalism-as an art
critic, a music critic, and, most famously, a drama critic-and he
continued writing on cultural and artistic matters throughout his
life. His total output of essays and reviews numbers in the hundreds,
dwarfing even his prolific playwriting career. This volume of Shaw's
Major Cultural Essays introduces readers to the wealth and diversity
of Shaw's cultural writings from across the breadth of his
professional life, beginning around 1890 and ending in 1950. Topics
covered include the theatre, of course, but also music, opera, poetry,
the novel, the visual arts, philosophy, censorship, and education.
Major figures discussed at length in these works include Ibsen,
Wagner, Nietzsche, Shakespeare, Wilde, Mozart, Beethoven, Keats,
Rodin, Zola, Ruskin, Dickens, Tolstoy, and Poe, among many others.
Coursing with Shavian flair and vigor, these essays showcase the
author's broad aesthetic sensibilities, trace the intersection of
culture and politics in Shaw's worldview, and provide a fascinating
window into the vibrant cultural moment of the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries.
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ISBN
9780192549945
Publisert
2021
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OUP Oxford
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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