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Shaw 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 Contents
1. 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

Bernard Shaw: Reimagining Women and Ireland,

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      Publisher Springer International Publishing AG
      Published 20 July 2023
      ISBN-13 9783031325885
      978-3031325885
      ISBN-10 3031325885
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: plays and playwrights Entertainment History of Performing Arts Theatre studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Shaw 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 Contents
      1. 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

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