Bernard Shaw
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Bernard Shaw
（Penguin books）
Penguin Books, 1990, c1988
- v. 1
- v. 2
- v. 3
- v. 4
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注記
v. l. 1856-1898 : the search for love
v. 2. 1898-1918 : the pursuit power
v. 3. 1918-1950 : the lure of fantasy
v. 4. 1950-1991 : the last laugh
Includes index
内容説明・目次
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v. 1 ISBN 9780140124415
内容説明
The first volume of Holroyd's biography of Bernard Shaw recounts his Dublin childhood, a series of love affairs and his marriage in 1898. It also records Shaw establishing himself in London literary society as a leading member of the Fabian Society, a music critic and a playwright.
目次
- Part 1: an end and a beginning
- a fermenting genealogy
- how his parents met and were married
- a devil of a childhood
- Vandeleur Lee appears, leaving a trail of uncertainties
- "Menage a trois", Catholic and Protestant
- the shame of education
- music in Dublin and how Mrs Shaw celebrated her 21st wedding anniversary
- in which Shaw advances as an estate agent, marks time as a lover, and moves to London. Part 2: the ghosting and death of Vandeleur Lee
- how Shaw experimented with the telephone and began writing novels in London
- in which his history continues unsuccessfully
- where he trained and what he ate and drank
- he grows a beard
- containing a sparring friendship with Pakenham Beatty and a sparring flirtation with Alice Lockett
- death of a novelist
- death of a father. Part 3: in which Shaw finds a new family among the Fabians
- the moral and aesthetic influences of William Archer and William Morris
- showing how he went walkabout with Edith, spent his evenings with Eleanor and passed the night of his 29th birthday with Jenny
- introducing Sidney Webb, describing how the Fabian musketeers conducted themselves in Trafalgar square and showing in what way they turned defeat into victory with "Fabian Essays". Part 4: a live red socialist from the streets comes in with "The Quintessence of Ibsenism"
- a crust for the critics: Shaw as a literary reviewer
- the mystical betrothal with May Morris - a story from another world
- Corno di Bassetto in unison with G.B.S.
- a section which begins with the entrance of Florence Farr and ends with the exit of Jenny Patterson. Part 5: the courtship of Sidney and Beatrice Webb
- in which Shaw starts his career as an unpleasant playwright
- in which he writes his first pleasant play, "Arms and the Man"
- pursuing the story of the playwright and his actresses
- he writes "Candida"
- how "Candida" fared with Janet Achurch and Richard Mansfield in North America. Part 6: concerning the editorial versatility of Frank Harris
- containing some dramatic opinions
- in which Shaw jousts with Henry Irving over Ellen Terry
- continuing the story of "Candida" and Janet Achurch
- in which Shaw writes his last pleasant play and his first play for Puritans and relinquishes his dramatic criticism. Part 7: how Shaw performed at the Vestry
- he is courted by Bertha Newcombe and courts Charlotte Payne-Townshend
- the courtship persists and reaches its climax.
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v. 3 ISBN 9780140124439
内容説明
Part of a four-volume biography of George Bernard Shaw, this book opens with GBS campaigning at the General Election of 1918, and he is gradually revealed as conjuror, fabulist and seer. It finally offers a portrait of Shaw in old age.
目次
- Part 1: some hints and consequences of peace
- Shaw's heartbreak
- working with Miss Cross Patch and travelling with Fred Day
- the tragedy of an elderly gentleman
- home rule for England
- free will in translation. Part 2: collaborating with a saint
- in which Archer takes his leave, Lawrence of Arabia advances into the Shaws' lives and the story is taken up by explorers and adventurers
- an island of romance
- intelligent women and the body politic. Part 3: the Shaws move to Whitehall Court and meet Nancy Astor
- G.B.S. performs at Cliveden and pronounces on Mussolini
- in which G.B.S. upsets The Apple Cart over Stella Campbell and the socialist movement, starts up the Malvern festival, and establishes his friendship with Elgar
- how Shaw became the author of himself, wrote his way into the lives of Ellen Terry's children, and finally signed off from Stella Campbell
- positive capability and the great Celtic-Hibernian school - Wilde and Yeats, O'Casey, Joyce
- old friends make way for new romances - G.B.S. meets the boxer and the nun. Part 4: the elopement to Russia
- Shaw's pilgrim's progress
- visions and judgments from his missionary travels
- prefaces to death. Part 5: some domestic privacies and the demands of the political theatre
- which contains a sea change and a treasure hunt
- spontaneous resurrection and a new life
- new worlds of paperback and celluloid
- three plays for historians
- trebitsch uber alles. Part 6: cease fire! turn up the lights! uncommon sense and careless talk
- how G.B.S. managed a happy end for Charlotte
- containing several new characters and plots that are introduced rather late into the story
- two fatal attachments
- continuation of the story
- in which the conclusion of the story is spelt out.
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v. 4 ISBN 9780140178487
内容説明
The last of a four-volume biography of George Bernard Shaw, this book covers the events that have followed Shaw's death in 1950. It tells of social, legal and financial machinations, revealing the devious way in which an artist's aspirations may be waylaid by future generations.
目次
- The Shaw alphabet reading key
- Androcles and the lion - prologue. The last Laugh: two Old Testaments
- some authorized revisions
- the National Trust and the Shaw Society
- posthumous appearances forty years on. Appendices: Charlotte Shaw's will
- Bernard Shaw's will
- principal purchases from the Shaw Fund by the National Gallery of Ireland
- list of films made from Shaw's works.
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