Collected Works (eBook)

Bernard Shaw, George Bernard Shaw (Autoren)

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2021 | 1. Auflage
6400 Seiten
AtheneMedia-Verlag
978-3-86992-404-5 (ISBN)

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This Collected Works contains: An Unsocial Socialist Androcles and the Lion Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress Arms and the Man Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch Caesar and Cleopatra Candida Candida: Ein Mysterium in drei Akten Captain Brassbound's Conversion Cashel Byron's Profession Fanny's First Play Getting Married Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores) Heartbreak House How He Lied to Her Husband John Bull's Other Island Major Barbara Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy Maxims for Revolutionists Misalliance Mrs. Warren's Profession O'Flaherty V.C.: A Recruiting Pamphlet On the Prospects of Christianity / Bernard Shaw's Preface to Androcles and the Lion Overruled Preface to Major Barbara: First Aid to Critics Press Cuttings Pygmalion Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion The Admirable Bashville; Or, Constancy Unrewarded / Being the Novel of Cashel Byron's Profession Done into a Stage Play in Three Acts and in Blank Verse, with a Note on Modern Prize Fighting The Dark Lady of the Sonnets The Devil's Disciple The Doctor's Dilemma The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors The Impossibilities of Anarchism The Inca of Perusalem: An Almost Historical Comedietta The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage The Man of Destiny The Miraculous Revenge The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring The Philanderer The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet Treatise on Parents and Children You Never Can Tell George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902) and Pygmalion (1912). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902) and Pygmalion (1912). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII

APPENDIX

ANDROCLES AND THE LION

PROLOGUE

ACT I

ACT II

ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS

Arms and the Man

AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT

A TRUE-TO-LIFE FARCE

AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT

BACK TO METHUSELAH

A Metabiological Pentateuch

THE INFIDEL HALF CENTURY

THE DAWN OF DARWINISM

THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-DARWINIANS

POLITICAL INADEQUACY OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL

COWARDICE OF THE IRRELIGIOUS

IS THERE ANY HOPE IN EDUCATION?

HOMEOPATHIC EDUCATION

THE DIABOLICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

FLIMSINESS OF CIVILIZATION

CREATIVE EVOLUTION

VOLUNTARY LONGEVITY

THE EARLY EVOLUTIONISTS

THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-LAMARCKIANS

HOW ACQUIREMENTS ARE INHERITED

THE MIRACLE OF CONDENSED RECAPITULATION

HEREDITY AN OLD STORY

DISCOVERY ANTICIPATED BY DIVINATION

CORRECTED DATES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION

DEFYING THE LIGHTNING: A FRUSTRATED EXPERIMENT

IN QUEST OF THE FIRST CAUSE

PALEY'S WATCH

THE IRRESISTIBLE CRY OF ORDER, ORDER!

THE MOMENT AND THE MAN

THE BRINK OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT

WHY DARWIN CONVERTED THE CROWD

HOW WE RUSHED DOWN A STEEP PLACE

DARWINISM NOT FINALLY REFUTABLE

THREE BLIND MICE

THE GREATEST OF THESE IS SELF-CONTROL

A SAMPLE OF LAMARCKO-SHAVIAN INVECTIVE

THE HUMANITARIANS AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL

HOW ONE TOUCH OF DARWIN MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN

WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE SOCIALISTS

DARWIN AND KARL MARX

WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE PROFITEERS ALSO

THE POETRY AND PURITY OF MATERIALISM

THE VICEROYS OF THE KING OF KINGS

POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM IN EXCELSIS

THE BETRAYAL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION

CIRCUMSTANTIAL SELECTION IN FINANCE

THE HOMEOPATHIC REACTION AGAINST DARWINISM

RELIGION AND ROMANCE

THE DANGER OF REACTION

A TOUCHSTONE FOR DOGMA

WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEGENDS

A LESSON FROM SCIENCE TO THE CHURCHES

THE RELIGIOUS ART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

THE ARTIST-PROPHETS

EVOLUTION IN THE THEATRE

MY OWN PART IN THE MATTER

BACK TO METHUSELAH.

PART I—In the Beginning

ACT I

ACT II

PART II—The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas

PART III—The Thing Happens

PART IV—Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

PART V.—As Far as Thought can Reach

CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

ACT IV

ACT V

NOTES TO CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA

CLEOPATRA’S CURE FOR BALDNESS

APPARENT ANACHRONISMS

CLEOPATRA

BRITANNUS

JULIUS CAESAR

CANDIDA

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

NOTES TO CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION

SOURCES OF THE PLAY

CASHEL BYRON’S PROFESSION

PROLOGUE

I

II

III

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

FANNY'S FIRST PLAY

PREFACE TO FANNY'S FIRST PLAY

FANNY'S FIRST PLAY

INDUCTION

THE PLAY

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

EPILOGUE

GETTING MARRIED

Preface To "Getting Married"

PREFACE TO GETTING MARRIED

THE REVOLT AGAINST MARRIAGE

MARRIAGE NEVERTHELESS INEVITABLE

WHAT DOES THE WORD MARRIAGE MEAN

SURVIVALS OF SEX SLAVERY

A NEW ATTACK ON MARRIAGE

A FORGOTTEN CONFERENCE OF MARRIED MEN

HEARTH AND HOME

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

LARGE AND SMALL FAMILIES

THE GOSPEL OF LAODICEA

FOR BETTER FOR WORSE

WANTED: AN IMMORAL STATESMAN

THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY

THE SCIENCE AND ART OF POLITICS

WHY STATESMEN SHIRK THE MARRIAGE QUESTION

THE QUESTION OF POPULATION

THE RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD

MONOGAMY, POLYGYNY AND POLYANDRY

THE MALE REVOLT AGAINST POLYGYNY

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL POLYGYNY

THE OLD MAID'S RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD

IBSEN'S CHAIN STITCH

REMOTENESS OF THE FACTS FROM THE IDEAL

DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING EVIDENCE

MARRIAGE AS A MAGIC SPELL

THE IMPERSONALITY OF SEX

THE ECONOMIC SLAVERY OF WOMEN

UNPOPULARITY OF IMPERSONAL VIEWS

IMPERSONALITY IS NOT...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.1.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• ISBN-10: 3-86992-404-7 / 3869924047
• ISBN-13: 978-3-86992-404-5 / 9783869924045