| Pygmalion's Wordplay: The Postmodern Shaw Contributor(s): Reynolds, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 1982055987 ISBN-13: 9781982055981 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Literary Collections - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.912 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.73 lbs) 244 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There's good news for everyone who loves Bernard Shaw: because his works are going out of copyright, we can expect to see many more productions of his wonderful plays - and to be surprised again by his insight, humor, and relevance. Pygmalion (more familiar in its musical form - My Fair Lady) is probably his most popular play - and his most surprising one. In Pygmalion's Wordplay, I argue that long before the postmodernists came along, Shaw intuited their ideas about language and explored them in Pygmalion. This is a book for anyone who loves Shaw and is curious about postmodern ideas about language. In Shaw's hands, Eliza Doolittle's story becomes an enduring work of literature - and the ideas of Derrida, Saussure, and other postmodernists become provocative and accessible. |