Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index
Shaw and the rise of reverse snobbery -- Shaw and the Irish diaspora -- Shaw and Irish Anglican preoccupations -- Shaw and the stage Englishman in Irish literature
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Using close readings of Shaw's plays and letters, as well as archival research, David Clare illustrates that Shaw regularly placed Irish, Irish Diasporic, and surrogate Irish characters into his plays in order to comment on Anglo-Irish relations and to explore the nature of Irishness