Another of his essays borrows a term from Matthew Arnold to divide society into "Philistines" who accepted the established order and "Idealists" who avoided it, and calls the title playwright a "Realist" who confronted it.
Early in his career, this author wrote music criticism for The Star and The World under the pseudonym "Corno di Bassetto." This author discussed "Siegfried as Protestant" in an essay analyzing the Ring cycle as an allegory for the rise of capitalism. Another of his essays borrows a term from Matthew Arnold to divide society into "Philistines" who accepted the established order and "Idealists" who avoided it, and calls the title playwright a "Realist" who confronted it. This author of "The Perfect Wagnerite" mocked G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc as "The Chesterbelloc," and analyzed plays such as Little Eyolf and Ghosts in "The Quintessence of Ibsenism." His own plays frequently describe a mysterious "Life-Force" and parody his fellow Fabian socialists. For 10 points, name this Irish playwright of Heartbreak House, Man and Superman, and Pygmalion.
Early in his career, this author wrote music criticism for The Star and The World under the pseudonym "Corno di Bassetto."
George Bernard Shaw