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In 1901, when Edward VII succeeded to the British throne, Bernard Shaw had not established himself with any firmness as either a moral revolutionary or a playwright. The next few years would be crucial. In this study of Shaw's public career from 1901 to 1910 Leon Hugo shows how Shaw confronted a highly conservative world and gradually overcame its opposition to become the dominant radical voice of the age. Aspects of Shaw's career are highlighted; his self-advertisement campaigns, his crusade against vaccination, his Fabian causes, his onslaughts on stage censorship and, above all, his…
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2 editions- Other · English · 1999St. Martin's Press · 308 pages · 9780312217969
- Other · English · 1999Palgrave Macmillan · 308 pages · 9780230375406
BiographyDramatists, IrishHistoryIrish DramatistsDramatists, biographyGreat britain, historyShaw, bernard, 1856-1950Great britain, history, 20th century