The Art And Mind Of Shaw: Essays In Criticism
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
George Bernard Shaw — playwright, polemicist, and provocateur — remains one of the most intellectually formidable figures in the history of English-language theatre, and The Art and Mind of Shaw: Essays in Criticism by A. M. Gibbs presents a rigorous and penetrating examination of the man behind the masterworks. Drawing on close textual analysis and broad cultural context, Gibbs illuminates Shaw's dramatic genius across a series of incisive critical essays, charting the evolution of his thought from his early satirical comedies to his grand philosophical plays, and arguing that Shaw's art is inseparable from his restless, iconoclastic intellect. Gibbs writes with clarity and scholarly authority, situating Shaw within the wider currents of Victorian and Edwardian intellectual life while revealing the surprisingly personal dimensions of his creative vision. The essays address Shaw's treatment of power, morality, gender, and social reform — themes that resonate far beyond the Edwardian drawing rooms where many of his plays are set. For anyone who has ever laughed at Shaw's wit without fully grasping the razor-sharp philosophy beneath it, this collection poses a quietly unsettling question: how well do we truly know one of literature's greatest minds?
Author: A. M. Gibbs
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Macmillan / Gill and Macmillan
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
George Bernard Shaw — playwright, polemicist, and provocateur — remains one of the most intellectually formidable figures in the history of English-language theatre, and The Art and Mind of Shaw: Essays in Criticism by A. M. Gibbs presents a rigorous and penetrating examination of the man behind the masterworks. Drawing on close textual analysis and broad cultural context, Gibbs illuminates Shaw's dramatic genius across a series of incisive critical essays, charting the evolution of his thought from his early satirical comedies to his grand philosophical plays, and arguing that Shaw's art is inseparable from his restless, iconoclastic intellect. Gibbs writes with clarity and scholarly authority, situating Shaw within the wider currents of Victorian and Edwardian intellectual life while revealing the surprisingly personal dimensions of his creative vision. The essays address Shaw's treatment of power, morality, gender, and social reform — themes that resonate far beyond the Edwardian drawing rooms where many of his plays are set. For anyone who has ever laughed at Shaw's wit without fully grasping the razor-sharp philosophy beneath it, this collection poses a quietly unsettling question: how well do we truly know one of literature's greatest minds?