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Arms and the Man
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Bernard Shaw
British
Byron
Candida
capitalism
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Christian
class
corruption
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duty
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garden motif
Garden of Eden
Granada
Heartbreak House
heroism
hypocrisy
Jack Tanner
library
Lilith
Major Barbara
Major Sergius Saranoff
Man and Superman
meaning
metaphor
Misalliance
Mrs. Warren's Profession
nineteenth century
Parisian salon
Perivale St. Andrews
playwright
pretension
refuge
Roebuck Ramsden
romanticism
Salvation Army
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Shaw's Settings
social critique
symbol
theatre
theme
Tony Jason Stafford
Victoria Park
Victorian
Widowers' House
Product details
- ISBN 9780813062082
- Weight: 264g
- Dimensions: 151 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Aug 2016
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Picture the young George Bernard Shaw spending long days in the Reading Room of the British Museum, pursuing a self-taught education, all the while longing for the green landscapes of his native Ireland. It is no coincidence that gardens and libraries often set the scene for Shaw's plays, yet scholars have seldom drawn attention to the fact until now.
Exposing the subtle interplay of these two settings as a key pattern throughout Shaw's dramas, Shaw's Settings fills the need for a systematic study of setting as significant to the playwright's work as a whole. Each of the nine chapters focuses on a different play and a different usage of gardens and libraries, showing that these venues are not just background for action, they also serve as metaphors, foreshadowing, and insight into characters and conflicts. The vital role of Shaw's settings reveals the astonishing depth and complexity of the playwright's dramatic genius.
Exposing the subtle interplay of these two settings as a key pattern throughout Shaw's dramas, Shaw's Settings fills the need for a systematic study of setting as significant to the playwright's work as a whole. Each of the nine chapters focuses on a different play and a different usage of gardens and libraries, showing that these venues are not just background for action, they also serve as metaphors, foreshadowing, and insight into characters and conflicts. The vital role of Shaw's settings reveals the astonishing depth and complexity of the playwright's dramatic genius.
Tony Jason Stafford, professor of English at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA is the editor of Shakespeare in the Southwest: Some New Directions.
