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Product Description: "Not since Eric Bentley's Bernard Shaw has there been a book on GBS that takes him seriously in the three areas of Life Force, Civil Organization, and Economy. But much more than that, this is a book that takes on reductionist science and brilliantly marshals arguments to defend human consciousness against such total materialism...read more

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9780813024325 | Univ Pr of Florida, February 1, 2002, cover price $59.95 | About this edition: "Not since Eric Bentley's Bernard Shaw has there been a book on GBS that takes him seriously in the three areas of Life Force, Civil Organization, and Economy.

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9781616101060 | Orange Grove Books, September 24, 2009, cover price $29.50 | About this edition: "Not since Eric Bentley's Bernard Shaw has there been a book on GBS that takes him seriously in the three areas of Life Force, Civil Organization, and Economy.

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9780198184409 | Oxford Univ Pr, March 16, 2000, cover price $45.00

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9780198184393 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, March 16, 2000, cover price $30.95

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Product Description: Revised and Expanded Edition of The Secret of Shakespeare Reveals the full scope of Shakespeare's plays as sacred visionary dramas, illuminating the bard's greatest works and the man behind them • Reveals how, through the use of esoteric symbol and form, Shakespeare's plays mirror the inner drama of the journey of all souls• Conveys a heightened understanding of the plays through examining the theatrical rendering of their textsThrough his study of such plays as Hamlet, Othello, MacBeth, and King Lear, Lings supplies expert and inspiring guidance to the beautifully wrought words and worlds of William Shakespeare...read more

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9780892817177 | 4 revised edition (Inner Traditions, November 1, 1998), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Revised and Expanded Edition of The Secret of Shakespeare Reveals the full scope of Shakespeare's plays as sacred visionary dramas, illuminating the bard's greatest works and the man behind them • Reveals how, through the use of esoteric symbol and form, Shakespeare's plays mirror the inner drama of the journey of all souls• Conveys a heightened understanding of the plays through examining the theatrical rendering of their textsThrough his study of such plays as Hamlet, Othello, MacBeth, and King Lear, Lings supplies expert and inspiring guidance to the beautifully wrought words and worlds of William Shakespeare.

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Product Description: Paul Whitfield White argues that, contrary to received wisdom, England's earliest Protestants were involved in drama as patrons, playwrights, performers and spectators. Extending rather than ending the traditional union of religion with dramatic representation, Tudor Protestant leaders in civil and church government recognised drama as a morally sound and profitable pastime and promoted stage playing as a means of winning popular consent for religious reform...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780521418171 | Cambridge Univ Pr, July 1, 1993, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: Paul Whitfield White argues that, contrary to received wisdom, England's earliest Protestants were involved in drama as patrons, playwrights, performers and spectators.

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Product Description: Martin Lings clarifies the essential greatness of Shakespeare by focussing our attention on the total impact his best plays make on us when acted. For this purpose he concentrates on the texts and their theatrical rendering, in such a way as to transmit to us, at the same time, a powerful impression of Shakespeare the man, such as perhaps no other book can give us...read more

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9780892810598 | Inner Traditions, May 1, 1984, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Martin Lings clarifies the essential greatness of Shakespeare by focussing our attention on the total impact his best plays make on us when acted.

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