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The Marriage of Contraries

Bernard Shaw’s Middle Plays

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HARDCOVER

$74.00 • £64.95 • €67.95

ISBN 9780674550858

Publication Date: 01/01/1974

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288 pages

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Books on Bernard Shaw proliferate, but not new perspectives on Shaw. The refreshing thing about Mr. Wisenthal’s criticism is that he does provide a useful new lens through which to view Shavian drama. The Marriage of Contraries should prove to be one of the few essential recent books on G.B.S.—Stanley Weintraub

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