George Bernard Shaw ’s Place Among the Writers of English Comedies
George Bernard Shaw: The Man- A Saint of the Life Force
This is what George Bernard Shaw wrote to describe himself to a journalist (Archibald Henderson) quite early in life. If it was true of Shaw when he wrote this, it was true of him till the end of his long life except in one respect that he died not as a bachelor but as a married man. As a matter of fact Shaw was essentially the same man all through his almost a century old long life. “Old at sixty or young at eighty, adventurous or responsible, Bernard Shaw has not changed. He is always the same in everything that matters. All his developments are reflections of his one first vision; all his plays form a cycle of mystical faith in which he proclaims that each one of us is a Man of Destiny, a servant of the Life Force, a temple of the Holy Ghost.” (George Bernard Shaw His Life And Works : Archibald Henderson)
George Bernard Shaw |
Additional Notes:
George Bernard Shaw His Life And Works : Archibald Henderson : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. (n.d.). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.160728
Thomas Hardy’s "A Woman's Fancy": Pathetic Intimacy Between a Women and a Dead Man
A strong rhythmic pattern dominates throughout the regular rhyming of lines two and four, while the repetition of irregular line lengths in each stanza culminates in a dramatic emphasis on the short six-syllable fourth. It is as though we are reading a ballad, where the forms of poetry --- or verse ---- stamp themselves on material often drawn from the lives and language of ordinary people in order to furnish it with broad importance, broad significance. The inversions required at lines 21 and 34, ‘exclaim she’ and ‘uprises he’, add to this effect – the quaintness of the latter, together with ‘thuswise’ , suggestive of a sense of folk tradition.
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Lets Remember:
Analysis of Walt Whitman’s "I am the poet of the Body": Combines Body and Soul, Female and Male
Technical Tips for Writing a Good Essay: Presentation of Critical Writing
Some of the most important conventions of scholarly writing include:
- Using clear and concise language
- Avoiding jargon and technical terms
- citing your sources
- using a consistent format
- proofreading your work carefully
Now, a few Notable Practices:
- Titles: Underline titles of works-referred to. This is very important where, say, a play takes its name from the chief character (such as Coriolanus) and you run the risk of ambiguity if you fail to adopt this convention. If you refer to the title of a chapter, poem or essay, which is part of large volume, place it in double or single quotation marks.
- Prose quotations: All ,prose quotations of no more than three lines should be incorporated into the body of your text within single or double quotation marks .Where there is a quotation within a quotation, use either single quotation marks within double or double within single. Longer quotations should be separated from your script without quotation marks and indented from the margin.
- Poetry quotations: All poetry quotations of no more than two lines should be incorporated into the body of your text within single or double quotation marks. Line divisions should be indicated by the sign. Longer quotations should be separated from you text without quotation marks and indented from the margin, following the pattern of the original.
- Omissions and additions: If you are omitting a section from any quotation you are using, mark this by the use of three dots. If you are including something within any quotation which is not a part of it, enclose the insertion in square brackets.
- Emphasis: With handwriting where italics are unavailable, you should underline for emphasis – but do so very sparingly.
- Language: Do try to vary the language of your responses in terms of pace, tone and vocabulary. Attempt to make your inquiries vital and alive. After all, the creative writers themselves are generally trying to interest you, the reader, and it would be unfortunate if your criticism, in its own way, did not reflect that engagement, for in its turn it needs to involve the person marking it. It is likely that any genuine commitment will result in vigorous writing.
- Vocabulary: The vocabulary of critical discrimination is rather limited; and it will be to your advantages if the unseen you are challenged by and the set texts you study have been chosen from different literary genres stretching over a broad range of subject-matter and period. Much depends on your ability to say things in different ways, so the more you develop thin facility the easier, better, and – where time is of the essence – more effective your performance.
- Examiners: Do remember that examiners, teachers, lecturers are only human. Imagine, then, the beneficial effects if, after scrutinizing scores of scripts, the wilting marker is suddenly invigorated by a pertinent parallel made between your set text and some other work you have absorbed. Of course there is the matter of balance here, and you must not get side-tracked. But no writing exists in clinical isolation. In conclusion, the talents you acquire from each section of your studies are mutually supportive if you deploy them cleverly.
Reading literature : interpretation and critical writing : Bomze, Jo Ann W : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. (n.d.). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/readingliteratur0000bomz
A TO Z Literary Principles from History of English Literature: Note 42
Shaw and Shakespeare: A Modern Battleship and An Elizabethan Man-of-war
Similarities | Differences |
---|---|
Masterful writers | Different eras |
Keen eye for human nature | Different ways of thinking |
Masters of language | Different styles |
Created vivid characters | Different themes |
Created unforgettable stories | Different legacies |
A History Of Late Nineteenth Century Drama Vol 1 : Nicoll,allardyce : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. (n.d.). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.509588
Shakespeare’s dramatic art. : History and character of Shakespeare’s plays : Ulrici, Hermann, 1806-1884 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. (n.d.). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/shakespearesdram01ulri
Bernard Shaw : Shanks, Edward, 1892-1953 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. (n.d.). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/bernardshaw0000shan
William Shakespeare's First 30 Sonnets Analysis: A Panacea for the Poet’s Emotional Distress
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