Bernard Shaw and Totalitarianism: Longing for Utopia

By Matthew Yde

Book Overview

This book reveals the genuity of Shaw's totalitarianism by looking at his material - articles, speeches, letters, etc but is especially concerned with analyzing the utopian desire that runs through so many of Shaw's plays; looking at his political and eugenic utopianism as expressed in his drama and comparing this to his political totalitarianism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349460885
• ISBN13: 9781349460885
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"