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Overview
Eric Bentley's graceful look at George Bernard Shaw was first published over 50 years ago, and time has only strengthened the conviction of his ideas and arguments about Shaw. When it arrived in the late 1940's, this book was hailed by the great poet William Carlos Williams as "the best treatise on contemporary manners I think I have ever read. I was fascinated and rewarded in the depths of my soul." Even Shaw himself described the book as "the best critical description of my public activities I have yet come across."Synopsis
Featuring a new preface from Eric Bentley, this classic book reads as a fresh examination of Shaw that, as Bentley writes, disentangles "a credible man and artist from the mass of myth that surrounds him." A must for all who would consider Shaw's place in history—theatrical, social, political, and human—as well as the definitive introduction to the man it portrays.
Booknews
Bentley wrote the volume on British playwright Shaw for the New Directions' , in 1947. The current reissue does not contain any of the material in later editions, which he says is based on his later thinking and will appear in a separate volume if interest warrants. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)