Shaw and society : an anthology and a symposium / with contributions by Kingsley Martin [and others] Edited by C.E.M. Joad for the Fabian Society

Joad, C. E. M. (Cyril Edwin Mitchinson) (1891-1953.) Fabian Society (Great Britain)

1953, 1st Edition. London : Odhams Press. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #328750

Physical description: 279 pages portrait 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Contents: [Shaw -- the man, the socialist] -- G.B.S. / Kingsley Martin -- The early Fabians and British socialism / Leonard Woolf -- Some reminiscences of Shaw as a young socialist / S.K. Ratcliffe -- [Tracts, speeches and letters] -- Extracts from Fabian tracts and other socialist writings by Shaw -- Extracts from Shaw's speeches taken from Fabian news -- Extracts from Shaw's letters to the Fabian Society -- [Extracts from prefaces, plays, essays and articles] -- From the prefaces -- From the plays -- From essays and articles -- [Three Fabian memorial lectures 1951] -- Shaw the philosopher / C.E.M. Joad -- Shaw as economist and politician / Hugh Dalton -- Shaw the dramatist / Benn W. Levy. Subjects: Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950 Political and social views. Shaw, George Bernard 1856-1950 playwright and polemicist. Fabian Society (Great Britain). Political and social views. Socialism Great Britain. Genre: Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated.

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