Dan Laurence: Plays Political | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780140450309 | Plays Political | Dan Laurence (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 1999

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While some of Shaw's earlier plays are still performed his later plays such as the ones in this volume are barely known. As the collective title indicates the themes here are political; yet frankly it is doubtful how seriously we can now take Shaw as a political thinker. Despite writing in the 1930s he has little to say of the nature of totalitarianism: although he satirises Fascist dictators in "Geneva" the satire is disappointingly mild. Neither did Shaw appear to foresee (on the evidence of these plays at least) the imminent collapse of the British [...] it is Shaw the dramatist rather than Shaw the political philosopher who still holds our attention - even in plays as explicitly political as these. He had a sharp intellect and a quirky sense of humour and his dialogue still glints and sparkles: he couldn't write a dull line if he tried. No matter how serious the themes he addresses the crispness of his writing and his lightness of touch still [...] seems perhaps unfairly out of fashion nowadays. But even in these lesser-known works he demonstrates his matchless ability still undimmed to provoke and to entertain.

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George Bernard Shaw

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1999
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780140450309
ISBN-10:	0140450300
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Laurence, Dan Shaw, George Bernard
Hersteller:	Penguin Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	198 x 129 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Dan Laurence (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	26.08.1999
Gewicht:	0,551 kg