Shaw's settings : gardens and libraries /
Stafford, Tony Jason.
Dietrich, Richard F.,1936-
An exploration of the various ways two settings, gardens and libraries, are used in various ways throughout Bernard Shaw's work.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index.
Widowers' houses: "Life here is a perfect idyll" -- Mrs. Warren's profession: the walled gardens -- Arms and the man: "I took care to let them know that we have a library" -- Candida: a wall of bookshelves and the best view of the garden -- Man and Superman: books on a garden table -- Major Barbara: the Salvation Army's "garden and cusins" books -- Misalliance: gardens and books as the means to new dramatic forms -- Heartbreak house: "A long garden seat on the west" -- Back to Methuselah: the original garden and a library too.
An exploration of the various ways two settings, gardens and libraries, are used in various ways throughout Bernard Shaw's work.
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
Libraries in literature.
Gardens in literature.