Shaw, Plato, and Euripides: Classical Currents in Major BarbaraAuthor :
Hardback
Published : Wednesday 15 February 2012
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15 Feb 2012
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An examination of how Bernard Shaw's drama Major Barbara parallels Plato's The Republic and Euripides's Bacchae and modernizes classical themes--
Ever since its 1905 premiere on the London stage, Bernard Shaw's controversial drama Major Barbara has proved puzzling to audiences and critics alike. More than a century later there is still wide critical disagreement about the play's meaning and the ideas it engenders. Sidney Albert's ground-breaking new book provides a daring and novel reading of this work. By tracing the extensive connections between Shaw's play and two canonical ancient Greek texts--Plato's Republic and Euripides's Bacchae--Albert reveals deeper dimensions of the work.
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