Description
Book SynopsisShaw emerged as a playwright in the politically charged environment of 1892, for both female suffrage and Irish independence. His plays quickly advocated for societal changes with regard to women’s roles, while expanding this advocacy into considerations of Ireland. Shaw’s engagement with marriage and union as a personal contract with nationhood have never before been considered as a methodology with which to view his work. This book demonstrates that Shaw was deeply engaged with and committed to the Irish question and to social and gender issues.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Women, Nation, Enablement, and the Irish Question2. The Opposing Strata of Feminism: Widowers’ Houses and Mrs Warren’s Profession3. The Marriage of Change:
Candida & Getting Married4. John Bull, Nora Reilly and the Garden City: A Match Made in Heaven5. The Wild West Meets the West End
