The Genius of Shaw : a symposium
1979, First Edition. London : Hodder and Stoughton. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #471166
ISBN: 0340241462
Physical description; 238 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction / Michael Holroyd – The first twenty years / John O'Donovan – An Irishman abroad / Terence de Vere White – In the picture galleries / Stanley Weintraub – The music critic / Charles Osborne – Religion and philosophy / John Stewart Collis – The way of no flesh / Brigid Brophy – The Fabian ethic / Robert Skidelsky – The critic's critic / Hilary Spurling – The plays / Irving Wardle – Women and the body politic / Michael Holroyd – 'As lonely as God' / Margot Peters – A funny man / Benny Green – Man of letters / Barbara Smoker – A personal view / Colin Wilson. Subjects; Dramatists, English. Dramatists, Irish. Critics. Drama. Literature. 19th century. 20th century. Biography. Congresses. Illustrated. Plates.
Price: €12.95