| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 304 pages) |
| Series |
Florida Bernard Shaw |
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Florida Bernard Shaw series.
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| Contents |
Introduction: the way from Athens -- Shaw's Republic -- Shaw's Bacchae -- The drama of nutrition -- The drama of resistance -- The drama of heaven and hell -- The drama of transfiguration |
| Summary |
"Ever since its 1905 premiere on the London stage, Bernard Shaw's controversial drama Major Barbara has proved puzzling to audiences and critics alike. More than a century later there is still wide critical disagreement about the play's meaning and the ideas it engenders. Sidney Albert's groundbreaking new book provides a daring and novel reading of this work. By tracing the extensive connections between Shaw's play and two canonical ancient Greek texts--Plato's Republic and Euripides's Bacchae--Albert reveals deeper dimensions of the work. Albert demonstrates the influence these classics had on Shaw's development as an artist and philosopher. He explores the Dionysian and Platonic elements in Major Barbara to illuminate how classical themes were modernized by Shaw. While examining the interrelations of the central characters in their social settings, Shaw, Plato, and Euripides searches out the complex layers of meaning in one of Shaw's most enigmatic dramas. Albert convincingly reveals Shaw's interaction with Greek thought in a way that reconfirms ancient wisdom and yet goes beyond it, adapting it to the social, political, and humanistic perspectives of the modern world."--Project Muse |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Major Barbara.
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Euripides. Bacchae.
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Plato. Republic.
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Euripides -- Influence
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Plato -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Euripides fast |
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Plato fast |
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Bacchae (Euripides) fast |
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Major Barbara (Shaw, Bernard) fast |
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Republic (Plato) fast |
| Subject |
English drama -- Greek influences
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English drama -- Greek influences
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813040547 |
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081304054X |
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9780813043951 |
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0813043956 |
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0813037646 |
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9780813037646 |
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