Research Catalog

Title

Bernard Shaw and Nancy Astor / edited by J.P. Wearing.

Author

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.

Publication

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Wearing, J. P.
• Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964.

Description

xl, 235 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Bernard Shaw and Nancy Lady Astor enjoyed a close friendship for over twenty years, from the late 1920s until Shaw's death in 1950. Although opposites in many matters - particularly politics - Shaw and Astor were irresistibly attracted to each other, both being unconventional fire-brands with ready wits. This collection of nearly 250 letters between Shaw and Astor - as well as between Astor and Shaw's wife, Charlotte, and Shaw's secretary, Blanche Patch - illustrates the rewarding friendship the two shared and the numerous issues they debated." "More than half of the letters in this volume have never been published and many more appear in their entirety for the first time. Headnotes in the letters provide a contextual narrative and identify political, historical, literary, and theatrical references, allusions, and other relevant information."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

• Selected correspondence of Bernard Shaw
• Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Correspondence. Selections (Toronto, Ont.)

Subject

• Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 > Correspondence
• Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964 > Correspondence
• Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 > Correspondance
• Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, vicomtesse, 1879-1964 > Correspondance
• Dramatists, Irish > 20th century > Correspondence
• Women legislators > Great Britain > Correspondence
• Dramaturges irlandais > 20e siècle > Correspondance
• Femmes parlementaires > Grande-Bretagne > Correspondance

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

0802037526 (bound) :

OCLC

• ocm56531409
• SCSB-5169602

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries