Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells (Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw) - Hardcover

Shaw, Bernard; Wells, H.G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802030017 ISBN 13: 9780802030016

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1995

Synopsis

Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells are among the best-known and most controversial literary figures of the twentieth century. Both were rebelliously critical of the social and political, familial and sexual conventions and structures of their time. They shared broadly similar interests, but their lifestyles differed sharply - as did their views on many subjects, including those discussed in their correspondence: religion, socialism, science, war and world history, the theatre, the profession of authorship, and more. The letters are always forthright, often abusive and quarrelsome, sometimes suggesting that the relationship cannot last. They are also often warm, good-natured, playful, and generous - reflecting a fundamental mutual respect and similarity of outlook, however contrasting the temperament and style. The great majority of the two writers' correspondence is published here for the first time.

This volumes comprises the personal correspondence of Shaw and Wells through the course of their friendship of more than forty years, and includes and introductory essay by J. Percy Smith. The letters are fully annotated, and are accompanied by information about the circumstances under which each was written, to enable the reader to follow the course of the frequently tempestuous relationship.

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Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950), was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946) was an English writer. J. Percy Smith is Professor Emeritus of Drama, University of Guelph.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0802030017
• ISBN 13: 9780802030016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 242
• Editor: Smith Percy