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Volumes in the series will further the academic understanding of Bernard Shaw and those who worked with him, or in reaction against him, during his long career from the 1880s to 1950 asa leading writer in Britain and Ireland, and with a wide European and American following.  \nShaw defined the modern literary theatre in the wake of Ibsen as a vehicle for social change, while authoring a dramatic canon to rival Shakespeare’s. His careers as critic, essayist, playwright, journalist, lecturer, socialist, feminist, and pamphleteer, both helped to shape the modern world as well as pointed the way towards modernism. Noone engaged with his contemporaries more than Shaw, whether as controversialist, or in his support of other, often younger writers. In many respects, therefore, the series as it develops will offer a survey of the rise of the modern at the beginning of the twentieth century and the subsequent varied cultural movements covered by the term modernism that arose in the wake of World War 1.  \nMore information about this series at [http://www.springer.com/series/14785](http://www.springer.com/series/14785)  \nJoan Templeton  \nShaw’s Ibsen  \nA Re-Appraisal  \nJoan Templeton New York, NY, USA  \nBernard Shaw and His Contemporaries  \nISBN 978-1-137-54341-7 ISBN 978-1-137-54044-7 (eBook)  \n[https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54044-7](https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54044-7)  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2017944577  \n© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018  \nThis work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed.  \nThe use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.  \nCover credit: Age fotostock/Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper  \nThis Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc.  \nThe registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.  \nFor Eric Bentley, The Mentor of Us All  \nPreface  \nThe Quintessence of Ibsenism is perhaps the most famous book ever written by one author about another. Published in 1891 and revised and enlarged in 1913, it has been reprinted over and over and is regarded asa classic. But the book’s value is usually considered to lie less in what it reveals about its subject—Henrik Ibsen—than about its author—Bernard Shaw. For many readers, this is not much of a detriment. Shaw’s latest British biographer, Michael Holroyd, finds that the joy of rea","cbCaimafUKU9Ar06","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimafUKU9Ar06","pdf",5127341,380,"English","# Preface\n## The Quintessence of Ibsenism and its reception","[{\"question\":\"What is the Quintessence of Ibsenism in relation to Shaw’s Ibsenism debate?\",\"answer\":\"It is described as the most famous book by one author about another, published in 1891 and revised in 1913. In the preface, its value is often framed as revealing Bernard Shaw as much as—or more than—Henrik Ibsen.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do critics say The Quintessence is misleading about Ibsen?\",\"answer\":\"The preface notes that Shaw’s transformation of Ibsen into a “wholesale warrior” involves distortions to the plays. 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