The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw
Part of Cambridge Companions to Literature
- Editor: Christopher Innes, York University, Toronto
- Date Published: September 1998
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521566339
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The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw is an indispensable guide to one of the most influential and important dramatists of the theatre. The volume offers a broad-ranging study of Shaw with essays by a team of leading scholars. The Companion covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing on both the political and theatrical context, while the extensive illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada. In addition to situating Shaw's work in its own time, the Companion demonstrates its continuing relevance, and applies some of the newest critical approaches. Topics include Shaw and the publishing trade, Shaw and feminism, and Shaw and the Empire, as well as analyses of the early plays, discussion plays and history plays.
Read more- First collection of essays on Shaw specially-prepared for students
- Accessible essays written by a team of leading scholars, covering the latest thinking on Shaw, his work, politics and influence
- Contains numerous photographs from productions at the Shaw Festival, Canada, showcasing innovative new interpretations
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- Date Published: September 1998
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521566339
- length: 376 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 152 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.6kg
- contains: 31 b/w illus. 3 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Part I. The Social and Cultural Context:
1. Shaw's life: a feminist in spite of himself Sally Peters
2. Imprinting the stage: Shaw and the publishing trade, 1893–1903 Katherine E. Kelly
3. New theatres for old Charles A. Berst
4. New women, new plays and Shaw in the 1890s Kerry Powell
Part II. Shaw the Dramatist:
5. Shaw's early plays Frederick J. Marker
6. Shavian comedy and the shadow of Wilde David J. Gordon
7. Paradox and parable: structure and philosophy in Man and Superman and Major Barbara Fredric Berg
8. 'Nothing but talk, talk, talk - Shaw talk': discussion plays and the making of modern drama Christopher Innes
9. The road to Heartbreak House Ronald Bryden
10. Reinventing the history play: Caesar and Cleopatra, Saint Joan, 'In Good King Charles's Golden Days' Matthew H. Wikander
11. Shaw's interstices of Empire: decolonizing at home and abroad Tracy C. Davis
12. The later Shaw T. F. Evans
Part III. Theatre Work and Influence:
13. Shaw and the court theatre Jan McDonald
14. Shaw's plays as music drama J. L. Wisenthal
15. Shaw and the popular context Robert G. Everding
Index.
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