Shaw, Plato, And Euripides: Classical Currents In Major Barbara (Florida Bernard Shaw),Used

Shaw, Plato, And Euripides: Classical Currents In Major Barbara (Florida Bernard Shaw),Used

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Product Description Explores a fascinating and important aspect of Shaws worldview: one that is indebted to the ideology and philosophy of ancient Greece.Michel Pharand, author of Bernard Shaw and the FrenchAn original and valuable scholarly achievement with sharp, often subtle insights.Bernard F. Dukore, author of Shaws TheaterEver since its 1905 premiere on the London stage,Bernard Shaws controversial drama Major Barbara has proved puzzling to audiences and critics alike. More than a century later there is still wide critical disagreement about the plays meaning and the ideas it engenders. Sidney Alberts groundbreaking new book provides a daring and novel reading of this work. By tracing the extensive connections between Shaws play andtwo canonical ancient Greek textsPlatos Republic and Euripidess BacchaeAlbert reveals deeper dimensions of the work.Albert demonstrates the influence these classics had on Shaws development as an artist and philosopher. He explores the Dionysian and Platonic elements in Major Barbara to illuminate how classical themes were modernized by Shaw. While examining the interrelations of the central characters in their social settings, Shaw, Plato, and Euripidessearches out the complex layers of meaning in one of Shaws most enigmatic dramas. Albert convincingly reveals Shaws interaction with Greek thought in a way that reconfirms ancient wisdom and yet goes beyond it, adapting it to the social, political, and humanistic perspectives of the modern world. About the Author Sidney P. Albert is professor emeritus of philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles. A founding member of the International Shaw Society and a former member of the Shaw Review editorial board, and a frequent contributor to Shaw: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, he is widely recognized as a leading authority on the dramas of Bernard Shaw.

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