Shaw's Settings: Gardens and Libraries (Florida Bernard Shaw Series) (The Florida Bernard Shaw Series) - Hardcover

Stafford, Tony J.

9780813044989: Shaw's Settings: Gardens and Libraries (Florida Bernard Shaw Series) (The Florida Bernard Shaw Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813044987 ISBN 13: 9780813044989

Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2013

Stafford not only shows the surprising frequency of gardens and libraries as settings in Shaw’s plays, he uses the interpretation of these scenes to explore aspects of the plays that are generally overlooked, adding significant new thematic insights, as well as underlining the importance of scenery in the understanding of stage plays.

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Product Description:

An exploration of the various ways two settings, gardens and libraries, are used in various ways throughout Bernard Shaw's work.

Review:

"Stafford's analysis of the library-garden motif provides insight not only into individual plays but also into Shaw's development as a playwright. . . .A valuable contribution to Shaw studies and to the scholarship of modern drama through its thoughtful exploration of the convergences, divergences, and resonances of a well-chosen pair of settings."--Text & Presentation
"Traces the playwright's adept and varied deployment of two recurrent settings, the garden and the library, through nine major plays that span three decades, to demonstrate how meaningfully Shaw intertwines stage environment with the verbal pyrotechnics and discussion-based dramatic style for which he is so well known."--Comparative Drama
"Focuses a sensitive eye on nine of Shaw's dramas . . . to show how the dramatist strategically deployed gardens and libraries to convey meaning in a visual and compelling manner."--Choice
"Will provide valuable illumination to many readers. . . .[Stafford] recognizes and establishes firmly that these plays do need to be approached and discussed as theatrical works and judged accordingly."--English Literature in Transition

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