A Contemporary Shavian Manifesto

Author : Azeez Jasim Mohammed
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443893234
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Contemporary Shavian Manifesto written by Azeez Jasim Mohammed and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Contemporary Shavian Manifesto presents an appraisal of George Bernard Shaw’s position on women in his plays. The dramatist’s unconventional approach itself is praiseworthy as he creates unwomanly women who are deviant and create their own space outside social conventions and practices. In creating a counterpoint to the norm, Shaw succeeds in creating the image of a “new woman” who is no longer “the angel of the house”. The book explores the ways in which Shaw addresses gender inequality in society through an examination of women’s role in the social, religious, moral and economic spheres. In addition to studying Shaw’s exploration of the radical woman, this book traces his attempts to project a “new woman” who is the pursuer rather than being pursued. The playwright questions the relegation of woman to the domestic space, the arbitrary distribution of duties between men and women and patriarchally-determined codes of conduct imposed upon woman. His foregrounding of women as the force behind what he calls “Creative Evolution” achieves a kind of feminisation of the “life force”, the central theme in his plays.

Author : SENGUPTA, GAUTAM
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 8120352114
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MYRIAD MINDED SHAW : PERSPECTIVES ON SHAVIAN DRAMA written by SENGUPTA, GAUTAM and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir George Bernard Shaw’s contribution to the Western theatre is unparallel, and hence, is imitated, remembered and read by literature lovers even today. Over the course of his life he wrote more than 60 plays, and nearly all his plays address prevailing social problems, but each also includes a vein of comedy that makes their stark themes more palatable. In these works, Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, healthcare, and class privilege as primary themes of his plays. This book is an anthology of some of Shaw’s important plays, which are much talked about, and also prescribed in the English Literature syllabuses of all premier Indian and International Universities. As the title suggests, the book focuses on three important social components of that period—Politics, War and History. The plays discussed and critically analyzed are both in terms of Shaw’s interpretation of his times, and the author’s research on the subject. This book is suited for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of English. Besides, the students doing research work in Shaw’s plays will be benefitted reading this book.

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Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shavian Tract written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shavian written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Independent Shavian written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gino Moliterno
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134758766
Total Pages : 1001 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture written by Gino Moliterno and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 1001 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rigorously compiled A-Z volume offers rich, readable coverage of the diverse forms of post-1945 Italian culture. With over 900 entries by international contributors, this volume is genuinely interdisciplinary in character, treating traditional political, economic, and legal concerns, with a particular emphasis on neglected areas of popular culture. Entries range from short definitions, histories or biographies to longer overviews covering themes, movements, institutions and personalities, from advertising to fascism, and Pirelli to Zeffirelli. The Encyclopedia aims to inform and inspire both teachers and students in the following fields: *Italian language and literature *Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences *European Studies *Media and Cultural Studies *Business and Management *Art and Design It is extensively cross-referenced, has a thematic contents list and suggestions for further reading.

Author : Jean Chothia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315504200
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Drama of the Early Modern Period 1890-1940 written by Jean Chothia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period 1890-1940 was a particularly rich and influential phase in the development of modern English theatre: the age of Wilde and Shaw and a generation of influential actors and managers from Irving and Terry to Guilgud and Olivier. Jean Chothia's study is in two parts beginning with a portrait of the period, setting the narrative context and considering the dramatic social and cultural changes at work during this time. It then focuses on some of the main themes in the theatre, from Shaw and comedy, to the rise of political and radio drama, providing an interpretative framework for the period. This volume will be of great benefit to students and academics of English literature and drama, as it covers the work of the major dramatists of the period as well as considering the dramatic output of literary figures, such as James, Eliot and Lawrence.

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Total Pages : 770 pages
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Author : Canning Richard Canning
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474462693
Total Pages : 294 pages
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Download or read book Brigid Brophy written by Canning Richard Canning and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrates Brigid Brophy's life's work, its diversity, originality and achievementThe first critical book on Brigid Brophy covering all her interests from literature, music and art to animal rights and political activismIncludes previously unpublished written and illustrated material by BrophyContributions from leading literary scholars, biographers, creative writers and activistsThis book explores all aspects of Brophy's literary career, alongside contributions on animal rights, vegetarianism, anti-vivisectionism, humanism, feminism and sexual politics, not only celebrating Brophy's eclectic achievements but fully reflecting them. Contributors include literary critics, animal rights activists, Brophy's daughter, Kate Levey, and Brophy herself.

Author : Kenneth McNaught
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487516886
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Prophet in Politics written by Kenneth McNaught and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this elegant and rigorously researched work, Kenneth McNaught details the life, work, and principles of J.S Woodsworth and shows the powerful moral and political force that the pacifist, Methodist thinker exerted on Canadian politics. Woodsworth first went to the House of Commons in 1922, and became leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation at its formation in 1933. A socialist to the end, he exhibited his anti-war convictions to Parliament, when, in 1939, he alone spoke out against joining the war in Europe. Woodsworth's ideas and strong social conscience helped to shape the development of the welfare state in Canada, and have left an intellectual legacy in both socialist and liberal circles. A Prophet in Politics marks the progress of socialism in Canada, as well as the economic and political conditions in the first half of the twentieth century. McNaught, who died in 1997, is himself an important figure in Canadian history, having fought as a professor of history for academic freedom and having brought the scholarly discussion of national politics into the public sphere. At the time of its original publication, Globe and Mail reviewers called it 'a definitive biography that in drama and organization ranks with the best books about the makers of Canada.' This edition, presented in the 'Reprints in Canadian History' series, includes a new introduction by Allen Mills.