M. Yde

Gebundenes Buch

Bernard Shaw and Totalitarianism

Longing for Utopia

Beschreibung

This book reveals the genuity of Shaw's totalitarianism by looking at his material - articles, speeches, letters, etc but is especially concerned with analyzing the utopian desire that runs through so many of Shaw's plays; looking at his political and eugenic utopianism as expressed in his drama and comparing this to his political totalitarianism.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-33019-2
• 2013 edition
• Seitenzahl: 247
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781137330192
• ISBN-10: 1137330198
• Artikelnr.: 38474974

Rezensionen

"Students of Shaw everywhere will want to read this provocative study, which turns an unflinching eye on aspects of Shavian thought that profoundly unsettle the reflective mind Highly recommended [for] upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice)