萧伯纳

书籍目录

List of illustrationsNotes on contributorsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChronologyPart I:The social and cultural context  1  Shaw's life:a feminist in spite of himself    SALLY PETERS  2  Imprinting the stage:Shaw and the publishing trade,1883-1903    KATHERINE E.KELLY  3  New theatres for old    CHARLES A.BERST  4  New women,new plays,and Shaw in the 1890s    KERRY POWELLPart 2:Shaw the dramatist  5  Shaw's early plays    FREDERICK J.MARKER  6  Shavian comedy and the shadow of Wilde    DAVID J.GORDON  7  Structure and philosophy in Man and Superman and Major Barbara    FREDRIC BERG  8  “Nothing but talk,talk-Shaw talk”:Discussion Plays and the making of modern drama    CHRISTOPHER INNES  9  The roads to Heartbreak House    RONALD BRYDEN  10  Reinventing the history play:Caesar and Cleopatra,Saint Joan,“In Good King Charles's Golden Days”  11  Shaw's interstices of empire:decolonizing at home and abroad    TRACY C.DAVIS  12  The later Shaw    T.F.EVANSPart 3:Theatre work and influence  13  Shaw and the Court Theatre    JAN McDONALD  14  “Please remember,this is Italian opera”:Shaw's plays as music-drama    J.L.WISENTHAL  15  Shaw and the popular context    ROBERT G.EVERDINGIndex

作者简介

本书系《剑桥文学指南》丛书中的一种，是一本由英、美、加拿大知名学者新近撰写的论文集。全书从各个层面阐述了萧氏戏剧的创作思想及技巧，尤其着重于从政治背景和戏剧舞台创作这两个角度进行分析和介绍。全书分为三大部分。第一部分主要从社会和文化的角度进行研究。第二部分则从戏剧创作本身阐述了萧氏的文学成就。第三部分着重于萧氏在舞台创作、导演等方面的成就与影响，介绍了萧氏在编剧、舞台技巧、导演等方面的独特追求，并提出了一种以音乐剧的形式欣赏萧氏戏剧的全新概念。另外，书中还收录了大量萧氏戏剧的剧照，并附有一份详细的萧氏生平年平，对于从事戏剧创作、编导、评论及研究的专家学者和有志于研究萧氏戏剧的人士，有着重要的参考价值。

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