Essays Tagged: "Fabian Society"

G.B.Shaw's "Heartbreak House". 'A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes'

ished and the other four were sold to periodicals, to be published as serials.In 1884 he joined the Fabian Society, an utopian movement that was trying to establish a socialist society through co-oper ... n with the 'bourgeois' classes. He wrote a great number of speeches, pamphlets and articles for the Fabians, and in 1889 he edited the Fabian Essays, an import document in the history of British socia ...

(5 pages) 77 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Ideas portrayed in "Candida", by George Bernard Shaw.

ay, basically in two moments. First, when describing the elements in the room, among which we find "Fabian Essays, a Dream of John Ball, Marx's Capital, and half a dozen other literary landmarks in So ... e Christian Social Union" (Shaw, 1898). In this way the author, having been an active member of the Fabian Society, introduces his belief that "the ordering of society should be in the hands of educat ...

(6 pages) 18 0 0.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Essay On Lloyd George's Life

ssue. He had also been impressed by pamphlets written by George Bernard Shaw and Sidney Webb of the Fabian Society on the need to tackle the issue of land ownership.In 1890 Lloyd George was selected a ... vatives accused him of being a socialist. There was no doubt that he had been heavily influenced by Fabian Society pamphlets on social reform that had been written by Beatrice Webb, Sidney Webb and Ge ...

(5 pages) 21 1 4.6 Apr/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History