| Description |
xii, 234 p. |
| Series |
Florida Bernard Shaw series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. The women in Shaw's plays: -- 1. Shaw's athletic-minded women / Tracy J. R. Collins -- 2. Shaw and cruelty / Lawrence Switzky -- 3. Shutting out mother: Vivie Warren as the new woman / Ann Wilson -- 4. The politics of Shaw's Irish women in John Bull's other island / Brad Kent -- Part II. Shaw's relationships with women -- 5. Bernard Shaw and the archbishop's daughter / Leonard W. Conolly -- 6. Writing women: Shaw and feminism behind the scenes / A. Hadfield -- 7. Feminist politics and the two Irish "Georges": Egerton versus Shaw / Margaret D. Stetz -- 8. The passionate anarchist and her idea man / Virginia Costello -- Part III. Shavian feminism in the larger world -- 9. Mrs Warren's profession and the development of transnational Chinese feminism / Kay Li -- 10. Shaw's women in the world / John M. McInerney -- 11. The energy behind the anomaly: in conversation with Jackie Maxwell -- Interview and editing by D. A. Hadfield. |
| Summary |
A volume that gathers critical perspectives on Shaw's feminism and the contradictions therein. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Women in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hadfield, D. A. (Dorothy A.)
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Reynolds, Jean.
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Weintraub, Rodelle.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780813042435 (alk. paper) |
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9780813042657 (electronic bk.) |
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