Shaw's sense of history / J.L. Wisenthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wisenthal, J. L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950--Knowledge and learning--History.

Shaw, Bernard.

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.

History.

Historical drama, English--History and criticism.

Historical drama, English.

Physical Description:

viii, 186 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

Shaw told Ellen Terry that he required whole populations and historical epochs to engage his interests seriously, and this book examines his engagement-as a dramatist-with historical issues. It explores his sense of history in plays set in the past, and it also demonstrates that many of Shaw's plays, although set in the present or future, can profitably be seen as history plays in that they dramatize historical issues.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198128924 :

OCLC:

16472118