{"product_id":"george-bernard-shaw-by-frank-harris","title":"George Bernard Shaw By Frank Harris","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis work starts with an introduction by J.H. Stape, St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten in 1930, \"Bernard Shaw: An Unauthorised Biography\" (1930) appeared shortly after Frank Harris' death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShaw read the revised proofs, also making a few corrections and adding a short postscript.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith the help of an American journalist and an anarchist of European reputation, Harris managed to finish his last completed work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike much of his biographical writing, this work offers an impressionistic and unconventional portrait of a man of genius - or, rather, of qualified genius (as Harris sees Shaw) - and a man of talent, Harris himself.Eschewing conventional chronology, although Harris begins with Shaw's family background and ends with a chapter on the future, this kaleidoscopic attempt to pin Shaw down succeeds mainly by indirection, in its casual insights and off-the-cuff observations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA portrait with Shaw's warts unflinchingly in place, it is only partly an assessment of a social critic and playwright, with Harris on the loose, seeking to get his word out, one last time, on dramatic censorship, the First World War or on sex and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCategory: Biography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 304\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254 x 200mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote\u003c\/strong\u003e: Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frank Harris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39360205520938,"sku":"9781840225662","price":3.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/Untitleddesign_74_f205e4be-189a-46c2-aded-6124f33bdadd.jpg?v=1618290337","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/george-bernard-shaw-by-frank-harris","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}