Christopher Innes (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw

Herausgeber: Innes, Christopher

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume covers all aspects of Shaw's drama situated in its own time and demonstrates its continuing relevance today, applying some of the newest critical approaches. Extensive illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada. 30 photos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 609g
• ISBN-13: 9780521566339
• ISBN-10: 0521566339
• Artikelnr.: 21140612

Inhaltsangabe

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.