SHAW: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, vol. 25
320 pages | 6 x 9 | 2006
ISBN 978-0-271-02736-4 | cloth: $55.00 sh
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SHAW: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies Series
SHAW 25 offers eighteen articles, thirteen initially presented at the International Shaw Society conference, 17-21 March 2004, Sarasota, Florida. Additional conference and Shaw Festival Symposia information is provided in the Introduction.
Stanley Weintraub's conference keynote, "Shaw for the Here and Now," considers modernizing Shaw's plays, validating Shaw's creative force for today and into the future. Dan H. Laurence's delightful "Shaw's Children" shows a warm, caring, playful Shaw--a giver of self. Howard Ira Einsohn's article on gifting brings together Shaw, Ricoeur, and Derrida to explore the ethics of giving "superabundantly" but not foolishly. Jay Tunney reflects on the ways in which his father, boxer Gene Tunney, fits the personal and professional shoes of Shaw's Cashel Byron, with life imitating art.
In "Machiavelli, the Shark, and the Tinpot Tragedienne," Bernard F. Dukore delivers a rereading of Major Barbara that highlights characters and traits, revealing an ensnarling web of beliefs, values, actions, and consequences. Sidney P. Albert's essay explores connections between Major Barbara and Plato's Republic. Using a current theoretical lens, Vicki R. Kennell sees Pygmalion as a narrative literary bridge that predicates postmodern critiques. L.W. Conolly's research on Phillipa Summers reveals a model for Vivie Warren and provides insights into women's lives and education at the turn of the century.
In "Who's Modern Now? Shaw, Joyce, and Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken," Kathleen Ochshorn looks at the interrelationships of the three dramatists. Miriam Chirico rewrites critical opinion of You Never Can Tell, arguing that the play is a serious social critique, particularly of marriage. Citing two well-documented instances of Shaw-bashing, John A. Bertolini explores Shaw's responses and reveals Shaw's fair-mindedness. Hannes Schweiger's detailed research substantiates Shaw's influential connection to Viennese culture and politics. Valerie Barnes Lipscomb analyzes Shaw's use of age differences to subvert romantic expectations, thereby drawing greater attention to serious sociocultural issues.
Part II continutes the legacy of Shaw scholarship with Charles A. Carpenter's must-read bibliographic piece, which reads like a mystery and gives a wealth of research information on Shaw. Focusing on the importance and difficulties of cycle plays, Julie Sparks looks at Man and Superman, Heartbreak House, Back to Methuselah, and current offerings such as Kushner's Angels in America. Kay Li, tracing the influence of Shaw on Chinese drama, argues that modern Chinese drama emerged from the failure of Mrs. Warren's Profession. Frank Duba's article analyzes the evolving role of the Preface in Shaw's works, focusing especially on Man and Superman. Coming full circle, the volume returns to Stanley Weintraub's presentation of Shaw and the fascinating story of Lady Colin Campbell--a story that asks us to consider what it means to be endowed with beauty, fame, and ambition, and what it means to finally lose them. Finally, Michael W. Pharand's addendum to SHAW 24 gives supplementary bibliography on Shavian matters related to love, sex, marriage, and women.
SHAW 25 also includes reviews as well as John R. Pfieffer's "Continuing Checklist of Shaviana."
MaryAnn K. Crawford is Associate Professor of English at Central Michigan University and co-general editor of the SHAW.
CONTENTS
NOTICES x
INTERNATIONAL SHAW SOCIETY NEWS xii
INTRODUCTION: SHAW SCHOLARSHIP 1
“Here and Now” and at the 2004 International
Shaw Society (ISS) Conference
By MaryAnne K. Crawford
PART I: ISS Conference Papers
SHAW FOR THE HERE AND NOW 11
By Stanley Weintraub
SHAW'S CHILDREN 22
By Dan H. Laurence
ECONOMICS OF THE GIFT 27
SHAW, RICOEUR, AND THE POETICS OF THE ETHICAL LIFE
By Howard Ira Einsohn
CASHEL BYRON'S PROFESSION 52
A CATALYST TO FRIENDSHIP-LIFE IMITATES ART
By Jay Tunney
MACHIAVELLI, THE SHARK, AND 59
THE TINPOT TRAGEDIENNE
By Bernard F. Dukore
PYGMALION AS NARRATIVE BRIDGE 73
BETWEEN THE CENTURIES
By Vicki R. Kennell
SHAW'S REPUBLIC 82
By Sidney P. Albert
WHO WAS PHILLIPA SUMMERS? 89
REFLECTIONS ON VIVIE WARREN'S CAMBRIDGE
By L.W. Conolly
WHO'S MODERN NOW? SHAW, JOYCE, 96
AND IBSEN'S WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN
By Kathleen Ochshorn
SOCIAL CRITIQUE AND COMEDIC 105
RECONCILIATION IN SHAW'S
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
By Miriam Chirico
SHAW RESPONDS TO SHAW-BASHING 127
By John A. Bertolini
BERNARD SHAW'S 135
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CULTURE
AND POLITICS OF FIN DE SIÉCLE VIENNA
By Hannes Schweiger
“OLD GENTLEMAN” 147
AGE DIFFERENCES AS PLOT SUBVERSION
Valerie Barnes Lipscomb
PART II: General Articles
TRACKING DOWN SHAW STUDIES 165
THE EFFECTIVE USE OF PRINTED AND ONLINE
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
By Charles A. Carpenter
PLAYWRIGHTS' PROGRESS 179
THE EVOLUTION OF THE PLAY CYCLE, FROM
SHAW'S “PENTATEUCH” TO ANGELS IN AMERICA
By Julie Sparks
MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION IN CHINA 201
FACTORS IN CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATIONS
By Kay Li
“THE GENUINE PULPIT ARTICLE” 221
SHAW'S PREFATORIAL PRACTICE AND THE PREFACE
TO MAN AND SUPERMAN
By Frank Duba
SHAW'S GODDESS 241
LADY COLIN CAMPBELL
By Stanley Weintraub
SUPPLEMENT TO SHAW 24 257
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITINGS BY
AND ABOUT BERNARD SHAW CONCERNING
LOVE, SEX, MARRIAGE, WOMEN, AND RELATED TOPICS
By Michel W. Pharand
A CONTINUING CHECKLIST OF SHAVIANA 260
By John R. Pfeiffer
REVIEWS
Blatant Heterosexuals 289
(Relations between the Sexes in the Plays of
George Bernard Shaw, by Harold Pagliaro)
By Bernard F. Dukore
Poststructural Shaw 291
(Shaw Shadows: Rereading the Texts of Bernard
Shaw, by Peter Gahan)
By Jean Reynolds
GBS and the Tornado 293
(Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw,
Bernard Shaw and Nancy Astor, edited by J.P. Wearing)
By Michel W. Pharand
CONTRIBUTORS 296