Bernard Shaw’s Irish Outlook [electronic resource] /
Clare, David.author.
Using close readings of Shaw's plays and letters, as well as archival research, David Clare illustrates that Shaw regularly placed Irish, Irish Diasporic, and surrogate Irish characters into his plays in order to comment on Anglo-Irish relations and to explore the nature of Irishness.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Shaw and the Rise of Reverse Snobbery; 2 Shaw and the Irish Diaspora; 3 Shaw and Irish Anglican Preoccupations; 4 Shaw and the Stage Englishman in Irish Literature; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Using close readings of Shaw's plays and letters, as well as archival research, David Clare illustrates that Shaw regularly placed Irish, Irish Diasporic, and surrogate Irish characters into his plays in order to comment on Anglo-Irish relations and to explore the nature of Irishness.
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
Theater—History.
Ethnology—Europe.
Great Britain—History.
British literature.
Theatre History.
European Culture.
History of Britain and Ireland.
British and Irish Literature.