Bernard Shaw and Totalitarianism: Longing for Utopia
Author:   M. Yde
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9781137330192


Pages:   247
Publication Date:   18 October 2013
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Author:   M. Yde
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.287kg
ISBN:  

9781137330192


ISBN 10:   1137330198
Pages:   247
Publication Date:   18 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: George Bernard Shaw: Revolutionary Playwright 1. Previsions of the Superman in the Coming Age of Will: The Quintessence of Ibsenism 2. Utopia in Flames: Shaw and Wagner's Ring: The Perfect Wagnerite 3. 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 4. Shaw's Modern Utopia: Back to Methuselah 5. Shaw's Totalitarian Drama of the Thirties; or, Shaw and the Dictators: Geneva , The Millionairess , The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles 6. George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950, Utopian to the End: Farfetched Fables EPILOGUE

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Matthew Yde is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of New Mexico, USA. He specialises in modern and contemporary theatre and drama, particularly in relation to politics, philosophy, and religion. He has published multiple articles in Modern Drama and The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies as well as a book chapter on Krzysztof Kie?lowski's film The Decalogue. He is currently writing a monograph on contemporary American dramatist Stephen Adly Guirgis.

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