| Description |
xiii, 554 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Florida Bernard Shaw series
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Florida Bernard Shaw series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-520) and index. |
| Contents |
"A family of pooh-bahs": Shaw's Irish origins -- The family skeletons -- Growing up in Dublin -- The Townshend connections -- Self-searching: London and the novels -- A Fabian Don Juan -- Rival attractions -- "The coming man": Critic and "Platform spellbinder" -- On stage -- A taste of success -- Wars of the theaters, mothers and bicycles -- An Irish courtship -- Marriage -- New century, "new religion" -- Eternal Irishman -- Edwardian summers -- Votes for women -- Enter critics, stage right -- A love affair, a death, and a triumph -- Armageddon and the "ruthless light of laughter" -- Sages, saints, and flappers -- The road to Baveno: dangerous flirtations -- World traveler and village squire -- Last flourishes and the call of the silver screen -- "A man all light": last years. |
| Subject |
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. |
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Dramatists, Irish -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Dramatists, Irish. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Dramatists, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0813028590 acid-free paper |
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