Major Cultural Essays

Klappentext George Bernard 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. Zusammenfassung George Bernard 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography Chronology Major Cultural Essays The Quintessence of Ibsenism The Sanity of Art The Perfect Wagnerite A Preface Selections from the Preface to Three Plays by Brieux Shorter Essays and Reviews 11 June 1890 11 October 1893 1 August 1894 and 8 August 1894 The Case for the Critic-Dramatist The Late Censor Church and Stage Nietzsche in English Maddox Brown, Watts, and Ibsen The Board School Henry Irving and Ellen Terry Edgar Allen Poe Rodin Mr. Arnold Bennett Thinks Play-Writing Easier than Novel Writing Oscar Wilde Selections from Ruskin's Politics Keats Tolstoy: Tragedian or Comedian Beethoven's Centenary Am I an Educated Person? The Play of Ideas Explanatory Notes

List of contents

• Introduction


• Note on the Text


• Select Bibliography


• Chronology


• Major Cultural Essays


• The Quintessence of Ibsenism


• The Sanity of Art


• The Perfect Wagnerite


• A Preface


• Selections from the Preface to Three Plays by Brieux


• Shorter Essays and Reviews


• 11 June 1890


• 11 October 1893


• 1 August 1894 and 8 August 1894


• The Case for the Critic-Dramatist


• The Late Censor


• Church and Stage


• Nietzsche in English


• Maddox Brown, Watts, and Ibsen


• The Board School


• Henry Irving and Ellen Terry


• Edgar Allen Poe


• Rodin


• Mr. Arnold Bennett Thinks Play-Writing Easier than Novel Writing


• Oscar Wilde


• Selections from Ruskin's Politics


• Keats


• Tolstoy: Tragedian or Comedian


• Beethoven's Centenary


• Am I an Educated Person?


• The Play of Ideas


• Explanatory Notes

Product details

• Authors: George Bernard Shaw
• Assisted by: David Kornhaber (Editor), David (Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin) Kornhaber (Editor), Kornhaber David (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2021
• EAN: 9780198817727
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881772-7
• No. of pages: 512
• Series: Oxford World's Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Reportage & collected journalism, Literary essays, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: literary and general