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Edwardian Shaw : the writer and his age / Leon Hugo.
LIBRA PR5366 .H84 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hugo, Leon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
- Shaw, Bernard.
- Great Britain--History--Edward VII, 1901-1910.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Dramatists, Irish--20th century--Biography.
- Dramatists, Irish.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 308 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- In this study of Shaw's public career from 1901 to 1910, Leo Hugo shows how Shaw confronted a highly conservative world and gradually overcame its resistance to become the dominant radical voice of the age. Aspects of Shaw's career are highlighted: his self-advertisement campaigns, his crusade against vaccination, his Fabian causes, his onslaughts on stage censorship and above all, his progress as a playwright, particularly during the legendary Vedrenne-Barker seasons at the Royal Court Theatre -- all conducted in the teeth of unremitting critical opposition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 031221796X
- 033373355X
- OCLC:
- 39147874
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