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Edwardian Shaw: The Writer and His Age

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In this study of Shaw's public career from 1901 to 1910, Leo Hugo shows how Shaw confronted a highly conservative world and gradually overcame its resistance to become the dominant radical voice of the age. Aspects of Shaw's career are highlighted: his self-advertisement campaigns, his crusade against vaccination, his Fabian causes, his onslaughts on stage censorship and above all, his progress as a playwright, particularly during the legendary Vedrenne-Barker seasons at the Royal Court Theatre -- all conducted in the teeth ...

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Edwardian Shaw: The Writer and His Age 1999, Palgrave MacMillan, London

ISBN-13: 9780333733554

1999 edition

Hardcover