Author: Frances Mary PeardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Alicia Tennant
Author: Frances Mary PeardThe Academy
Author: The Abbot
Author: Walter ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The Antiquary
Author: Walter ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarians
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Mercantile Library of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Atalanta in Calydon
Author: Algernon Charles SwinburnePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Loved at Last
Author: Mark LemonPatty
Author: Katharine Sarah MacquoidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
May
Author: Mrs. OliphantPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368931539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Bernard Shaw's Book Reviews
Author: Brian TysonPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271027819
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
These hitherto uncollected book reviews of Shaw--his first journalistic efforts--reveal much not only about the writer but also the culture of the time in which he lived. Between 1885 and 1888, Bernard Shaw published 111 book reviews in the Pall Mall Gazette. In spite of their importance as the first regular journalism Shaw wrote and the fact that the books (fiction, nonfiction, plays, and poetry) he read during these years must have formed the nucleus of his permanent library, the reviews have never before been analyzed in connection with Shaw's work. Brian Tyson has assembled the book reviews, complete with the books' titles, authors, and a brief biography of each author, including any comments Shaw made about the review, and has placed them in historical context, elucidating any interesting, difficult, or obscure references. Tyson's critical introduction places the reviews in the context of Shaw's work and Victorian society. The reviews are often characterized by the wit and brilliance that we associate with the later Shaw, shedding light on his development as a writer at his most formative stage. Regardless of the merits of the material Shaw was reviewing, it is amusing and enlightening to follow him down to the wandering tributaries of Late Victorian fiction and poetry, which reveal as much about Shaw as they do about the preoccupations and prejudices of the average reader of the day.