Bernard Shaw's book reviews
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Bernard Shaw's book reviews
Pennsylvania State University Press, c1991-c1996
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
[v. 1]. Originally published in the Pall Mall Gazette from 1885 to 1888 -- v. 2. 1884-1950
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[v. 1] ISBN 9780271007212
内容説明
Between 1885 and 1888, Bernard Shaw published 111 book reviews in "The Pall Mall Gazette". In spite of their importance as the first regular journalism Shaw wrote and the fact that these books (fiction, non-fiction, plays and poetry) may have formed the nucleus of his permanent library, the reviews have not been analyzed in connection with Shaw's work. This study assembles the book reviews - complete with the books' titles, authors, a brief biography of each author and any comments Shaw made about the review - and places them in an historical context, elucidating any interesting, difficult or obscure references. Tyson's critical introduction places the reviews in the context of Shaw's work and Victorian society. The reviews are often characterized by the wit and brilliance that we associate with the later Shaw, shedding light on his development as a writer at his most formative stage.
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v. 2 ISBN 9780271015484
内容説明
This new volume of Bernard Shaw's book reviews is a companion to Brian Tyson's previously edited collection of Shaw's earlier book reviews. Here Tyson collects 73 of the best remaining literary book reviews written by Shaw throughout his lifetime. Two-thirds of the reviews appear in book form for the first time, the originals residing in the archives of newspaper libraries, and only three of the remainder have been reprinted within the last 20 years. Politics feature largely in the works that Shaw reviewed: there are books of socialist theory and its practical appearance in the Soviet Union, as well as books on the individualism of J.H. Levy, the anti-socialism of Thomas McKay, and the economics of E.C.K. Gonner and Philip Wicksteed. There is often an immediacy about the books reviewed, too: discussion of books on World War I, the Soviet Revolution, women's suffrage, the British General Strike of 1926, and World War II all take place concurrently with the events. Many of the works reviewed are biographies, which give Shaw the opportunity to reveal his personal acquintance with their subjects, including Samuel Butler, William Morris and Dean Inge.
This widely varied collection takes us briskly through Shaw's own writing life, beginning when he was relatively unknown and concluding when he was a legend.
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