The Complete Prefaces (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Essays
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Epistolary literature, Journalism
- Subjects: Journalism or journalists, Social reform, Socialism, Authors or writers, Autobiography, Lectures or lecturing, Drama or dramatists, Propaganda
One of the most relentlessly prolific writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, George Bernard Shaw habitually wrote prefaces, introductions, and forewords to his and others’ works, sometimes to explain them, sometimes to argue points not fully covered in them, and sometimes to demolish criticism leveled at them. He also revised these prefaces over time, adding newer topical references to older works, deleting material he thought outdated, and at times exaggerating or misrepresenting events and opinions to suit his argument. The editors of The Complete Prefaces:...
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