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Bernard Shaw and totalitarianism : longing for utopia

Title
Bernard Shaw and totalitarianism : longing for utopia / Matthew Yde.
Author
Yde, Matthew
Publication
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Description
x, 247 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 > Political and social views
  • Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Totalitarianism and literature
  • Literature and society > England > History > 19th century
  • Literature and society > England > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-235) and index.
Contents
Introduction: George Bernard Shaw : revolutionary playwright -- Previsions of the Superman in the coming age of will : the quintessence of Ibsenism -- Utopia in flames : Shaw and Wagner's Ring : the perfect Wagnerite -- From hell to heaven : creative evolution and the drive towards the military-industrial-religious complex : Man and superman, John Bull's other island, Major Barbara -- Shaw's modern utopia : Back to Methuselah -- Shaw's totalitarian drama of the thirties; or, Shaw and the dictators : Geneva, The millionairess, The simpleton of the unexpected isles -- George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950, utopian to the end : farfetched fables -- Epilogue.
Call Number
JFD 14-487
ISBN
  • 9781137330192
  • 1137330198
LCCN
2013031313
OCLC
842208545
Author
Yde, Matthew, author.
Title
Bernard Shaw and totalitarianism : longing for utopia / Matthew Yde.
Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-235) and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 14-487
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