num_pages: 172
description: Hardback edition 172 pages, Copyright@ 1980 by The Curators of the University of Missouri. From inside front dust jacket Each of the playwrights discussed in this lively book was a radical in his own way, concerned with the moral and social implications of capitalism. In addition, as Dukore, author of several previous books on shawl and other modern dramatists, shows in the first chapter, there is a clear chain of influence from Ibsen to Shaw to Brecht. The book is structured around the ways the three writers treat similar issues and themes. The chapters focus on particular subjects involving money, politics, or both. They isolate particular viewpoints from which each playwright treats capitalist society. One chapter, a discussion of A Doll House, Pygmalion, and Mother Courage and Her Children, centers on money; another focuses on politics with reference to Rosmersholm, On the Rocks, and The Mother.
language: English
title: Money and Politics in Ibsen, Shaw, and Brecht
titlecomplete: Money and Politics in Ibsen, Shaw, and Brecht
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr