George Bernard Shaw's public career began in arts journalism-as an
art critic, a music critic, and, most famously, a drama critic-and
he continued writing on cultural and artistic matters throughout
his life. His total output of essays and reviews numbers in the
hundreds, dwarfing even his prolific playwriting career. This
volume of Shaw's Major Cultural Essays introduces readers to the
wealth and diversity of Shaw's cultural writings from across the
breadth of his professional life, beginning around 1890 and ending
in 1950. Topics covered include the theatre, of course, but also
music, opera, poetry, the novel, the visual arts, philosophy,
censorship, and education. Major figures discussed at length in
these works include Ibsen, Wagner, Nietzsche, Shakespeare, Wilde,
Mozart, Beethoven, Keats, Rodin, Zola, Ruskin, Dickens, Tolstoy,
and Poe, among many others. Coursing with Shavian flair and vigor,
these essays showcase the author's broad aesthetic sensibilities,
trace the intersection of culture and politics in Shaw's worldview,
and provide a fascinating window into the vibrant cultural moment
of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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