Bernard Shaw's Marriages and Misalliances (Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries)

This Book Combines The Insights Of Thirteen Shavian Scholars As They Examine The Themes Of Marriage, Relationships And Partnerships Throughout All Of Bernard Shaw's Major Works. It Also Connects Shaw's Own Experiences Of Love And Marriage To The Themes That Emerge In His Works, Showing How His Personal Relationships In And Out Of Matrimonial Bonds Change The Ways His Characters Enter And Exit Marriages And Misalliances. While Providing A Wealth Of New Analysis, This Collection Of Essays Also Leaves Lingering Questions For The Reader To Spark Continuing Dialogue In Both Individual And Academic Settings--publisher's Description. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Shaw's Early Writings: A Prologue To The Playwright / Richard Farr Dietrich -- 2. The Mystical Union De-mystified: Marriage In Plays Unpleasant / L.w. Conolly -- 3. The Pragmatic Partnerships Of Plays Pleasant / Jennifer Buckley -- 4. Three Plays For Puritans: Decoy Marriages And Social Contracts / Lawrence Switzky -- 5. Not Really A Philanderer / Rodelle Weintraub -- 6. Shaw's Salvation Trilogy: Man And Superman, John Bull's Other Island, Major Barbara / Michel W. Pharand -- 7. Marriage And Mating In The Plays Of Bernard Shaw And Granville Barker, 1908 -- 1911 / Peter Gahan -- 8. Ruled By Autonomy: Women's Evolving Marital Choices From The Doctor's Dilemma (1906) To Pygmalion (1914) / Ellen Ecker Dolgin -- 9. From Ellie To Eve: The Quintessence Of Marriage In Shaw's Heartbreak House, Annajanska, The Bolshevik Empress, And Back To Methuselah / Audrey Mcnamara -- 10. Beyond Married Love: Shaw, Stopes, And Female Desire In The Drama Between The Wars, 1923 -- 1934 / D.a. Hadfield -- 11. Definitions Of Marriage: Village Wooing, On The Rocks, And The Simpleton Of The Unexpected Isles: A Vision Of Judgment / Jean Reynolds -- 12. Matrimonial Partnerships And Politics In Three Late Plays: In Good King Charles's Golden Days: A True History That Never Happened, The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza, And Geneva: Another Political Extravaganza / Matthew Yde. Editor, Robert A. Gaines. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Acknowledgements"--"Contents"--"Editor and Contributors"--"Notes on Collection Abbreviations" -- "List of Figures" -- "Chapter 1 Shawâ#x80;#x99;s Early Writings: A Prologue to the Playwright " -- "References" -- "Chapter 2 The â#x80;#x9C;Mystical Unionâ#x80;#x9D; De-Mystified: Marriage in Plays Unpleasant " -- "References" -- "Chapter 3 The Pragmatic Partnerships of Plays Pleasant " -- "References" -- "Chapter 4 Three Plays for Puritans: Decoy Marriages and Social Contracts " -- "The Devilâ#x80;#x99;s Disciple: The Theatrical Decoy Marriage" -- "Caesar and Cleopatra: The Tutelary Decoy Marriage" -- "Captain Brassboundâ#x80;#x99;s Conversion: The Limits of Universal Indifference" -- "References" -- "Chapter 5 Not Really a Philanderer " -- "References" -- "Chapter 6 Shawâ#x80;#x99;s Salvation Trilogy: Man and Superman, John Bullâ#x80;#x99;s Other Island, Major Barbara " -- "Man and Superman: Marriage and the Life Force" -- "John Bullâ#x80;#x99;s Other Island: Marriage and Politics" -- "Major Barbara: Marriage and Business" -- "Marriage as Compromise" -- "References" -- "Chapter 7 Marriage and Mating in the Plays of Bernard Shaw and Granville Barker, 1908â#x80;#x93;1911 " -- "Introduction: Marriage and Family Life" -- "Equality and the Woman Question" -- "Getting Married" -- "Misalliance" -- "Granville Barkerâ#x80;#x99;s The Madras House" -- "Fannyâ#x80;#x99;s First Play" -- "Conclusion" -- "References" -- "Chapter 8 Ruled by Autonomy: Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Evolving Marital Choices from the Doctorâ#x80;#x99;s Dilemma (1906) to Pygmalion (1914) " -- "References" -- "Chapter 9 From Ellie to Eve: The Quintessence of Marriage in Shawâ#x80;#x99;s Heartbreak House, Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress, and Back to Methuselah " -- "References" -- "Chapter 10 Beyond Married Love: Shaw, Stopes, and Female Desire in the Drama Between the Wars, 1923â#x80;#x93;1934 " -- "References" Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxv Shaw’s Early Writings: A Prologue to the Playwright (Richard Farr Dietrich)....Pages 1-19 The “Mystical Union” De-Mystified: Marriage in Plays Unpleasant (L. W. Conolly)....Pages 21-38 The Pragmatic Partnerships of Plays Pleasant (Jennifer Buckley)....Pages 39-56 Three Plays for Puritans: Decoy Marriages and Social Contracts (Lawrence Switzky)....Pages 57-74 Not Really a Philanderer (Rodelle Weintraub)....Pages 75-87 Shaw’s Salvation Trilogy: Man and Superman, John Bull’s Other Island, Major Barbara (Michel W. Pharand)....Pages 89-104 Marriage and Mating in the Plays of Bernard Shaw and Granville Barker, 1908–1911 (Peter Gahan)....Pages 105-123 Ruled by Autonomy: Women’s Evolving Marital Choices from the Doctor’s Dilemma (1906) to Pygmalion (1914) (Ellen Ecker Dolgin)....Pages 125-142 From Ellie to Eve: The Quintessence of Marriage in Shaw’s Heartbreak House, Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress, and Back to Methuselah (Audrey McNamara)....Pages 143-157 Beyond Married Love: Shaw, Stopes, and Female Desire in the Drama Between the Wars, 1923–1934 (D. A. Hadfield)....Pages 159-174 Definitions of Marriage: Village Wooing, On the Rocks, and The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles: A Vision of Judgment (Jean Reynolds)....Pages 175-190 Matrimonial Partnerships and Politics in Three Late Plays: “In Good King Charles’s Golden Days”: A True History That Never Happened, The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza, and Geneva: Another Political Extravaganza (Matthew Yde)....Pages 191-205 Back Matter ....Pages 207-229