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Bibliographic and Reference Works

 

 

 

(Bibliographies on specific topics are sometimes repeated as the first items pertaining to those topics)

 

Amalric, Jean C. Bernard Shaw: du réformateur au prophète édouardien. Paris: Didier, 1977, 467-566: ‘[Bibliographie:] Ouvrages critiques’ (useful despite many flaws)

 

Basalla, Susan, et al. Register: Bernard Shaw Collection. Lewisburg, PA: Ellen Clark Bertrand Library, Bucknell Univ., Special Collections / Univ. Archives, 1998. 82 leaves (400 items)

 

Berst, Charles A., ed. ‘Bernard Shaw: scholarship of the past 25 years, and future priorities: a transcript of the 1975 MLA conference of scholars on Shaw.’ Shaw Review 19 1976 56-72 (panelists: Stanley Weintraub, Louis Crompton, Charles A. Carpenter, and Frederick P. W. McDowell); ‘The state and future of Shaw research: the MLA conference transcript.’ SHAW 2 1982 179-93 (reports by Margot Peters, Daniel J. Leary, and Charles A. Berst)

 

-----, ed. ‘Some principal Shaw research sources.’ SHAW 20 2000 137-76 (special section)

 

Bevan, E. Dean. A concordance to the plays and prefaces of Bernard Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1971. 10 vols. (keyed to the Constable edition of 1930-50; see Bevan’s ‘A Shaw concordance.’ Modern Drama 14 1971 155-68)

 

Bosworth, R. F. ‘Shaw recordings at the B.B.C.’ Shaw Review 7 1964 42-46

 

British Library. The British Library catalogue of George Bernard Shaw papers. London: British Library, 2005. 321 pp

 

Bryan, George B., & Wolfgang Mieder. The proverbial Bernard Shaw: an index to proverbs in the works of George Bernard Shaw. Westport, CT: Greenwood Pr., 1994. 286 pp

 

Carpenter, Charles A. ‘Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950: a descriptive chronology of his plays, theatrical career, and dramatic theories.’ Link through ‘Major Dramatists’ page on his website: <http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ccarpen>  (the equivalent of about 50 printed pages.)

 

-----. ‘Shaw and religion / philosophy: a working bibliography.’ SHAW 1 1981 225-46

 

-----. ‘Shaw, George Bernard.’ Pp 118-27 in his Modern drama scholarship and criticism 1966-1980: an international bibliography. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Pr., 1986; ‘Shaw, George Bernard.’ Pp 130-37 in his Modern drama scholarship and criticism 1981-1990: an international bibliography. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Pr., 1997

 

-----. ‘Studies of Shaw’s neglected plays and mini-plays.’ SHAW 7 1987 331-47

 

‘A continuing checklist of Shaviana.’ Shaw Bulletin 1951-58; Shaw Review 1959-80; SHAW: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, 1981– (since 1972 largely compiled by John R. Pfeiffer)

 

Crawford, Fred D. ‘Shaw in translation.’ SHAW 20 2000 177-220

 


Dietrich, Richard F. ‘Shaw as dramatic icon: a bibliography of impersonations.’ SHAW 12 1992 125-46

 

Farley, Earl, & Marvin Carlson. ‘George Bernard Shaw: a selected bibliography (1945-1955).’ Modern Drama 2 1959 188-202, 295-325

 

Feeney, William J. “Shaw, [George] Bernard (1856-1950).’ Pp 1087-1105 in Robert Hogan, ed. Dictionary of Irish literature. Rev. ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996

 

Ferguson, Ann L., ed. ‘The instinct of an artist’: Shaw and the theatre: an exhibition from the Bernard F. Burgunder Collection of George Bernard Shaw. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 1997. 55 pp

 

G. B. Shaw: an annotated bibliography of writings about him. Ed. J. P. Wearing et al. DeKalb: Northern Illinois UP, 1986. 3 vols.

 

Gibbs, Anthony M. A Bernard Shaw chronology. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001. 435 pp

 

Gordon, John D. Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950: an exhibition from the Berg collection: manuscripts, autograph letters, first editions. NY: NY Public Library, 1956. 51 pp

 

Greenfield, John. ‘Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950).’ Pp 370-72 in John Powell, ed.  Biographical dictionary of literary influences: the nineteenth century, 1800-1914. Westport, CT: Greenwood Pr., 2001

 

Grevenius, Herbert. Shaw-rebellen: handbok till radio-teaterns 1959-60. Stockholm: Sveriges Radio, 1959. 324 pp (informative general handbook with special section on Swedish productions and their reception) 

 

Hardwick, Michael & Mollie. The Bernard Shaw companion. London: Murray, 1973. 193 pp

 

Hartnoll, Phyllis. Who’s who in Shaw. London: Elm Tree Books, 1975. 247 pp

 

Katz, Bernard. ‘The Dan H. Laurence-Shaw collection.’ Pp 7-15 in Collection Update, No. 11. Guelph, ON: Univ. of Guelph Library, 1988

 

Keane, Robert N. ‘George Bernard Shaw on Long Island.’ Manuscripts 39 1978 158-65 (Hofstra Univ. holdings)

 

Keough, Lawrence C. ‘George Bernard Shaw, 1946-1955: a selected bibliography.’ Bulletin of Bibliography 22 1959 224-26; 23 1960 20-24, 36-41

 

Kerr, Alison. Bernard Shaw: an exhibition of books and manuscripts from the collection presented by Mr. Bernard Burgunder, Cornell, 1918. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Library, 1963. 19 pp

 

Kozelka, Paul. A glossary to the plays of Bernard Shaw. NY: Teachers College, Columbia Univ., 1959. 55 pp

 

Larson, Gale K. ‘Index of SHAW: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies from volumes one to twenty-one.’ SHAW 22 2002 211-37

 

Laurence, Dan H. ‘As he liked it: Bernard Shaw’s pronouncing guide to his stage characters.’ SHAW 13 1993 155-57

 

-----. Bernard Shaw: a bibliography. Oxford: Clarendon, 1983. 2 vols. (the definitive primary bibliography); ‘A supplement to Bernard Shaw: a bibliography.’ SHAW 20 2000 3-128

 

-----. Shaw: an exhibit, September 11, 1977-February 28, 1978. Austin: Humanities Research Center, Univ. of Texas, 1977. ca. 150 pp (illustrated, annotated catalog)

 

-----. The Shaw Festival production record, 1962-1989. Guelph, ON: Univ. of Guelph Library, 1990. 275 pp

 

Lewis, Arthur O., & Stanley Weintraub, eds. ‘Bernard Shaw—aspects and problems of research.’ Shaw Review 3 ii 18-26

 

Loewenstein, F. E. ‘The autograph manuscripts of George Bernard Shaw.’ Book Handbook 1 1947 85-92

 

-----. The rehearsal copies of Bernard Shaw’s plays: a bibliographical study. London; Reinhardt & Evans, 1950. 36 pp

 

Mander, Raymond, & Joe Mitchensen. Theatrical companion to Shaw: a pictorial record of the first performances of the plays of George Bernard Shaw. NY: Pitman, 1955. 343 pp; reissued: Temecula: Textbook Publishers, 2004 (synopses and valuable data for each play)

 

McDowell, Frederick P. W. ‘Bernard Shaw: biographical and textual scholarship.’ Journal of Modern Literature 3 1973 120-29, 3 1974 1039-49, 4 1974 145-54

 

-----. ‘Review article: a Bernard Shaw bibliography.’ Philological Quarterly 66 1987 509-20

 

Morgan, Margery M. File on Shaw. London: Methuen, 1989. 124 pp (data on each play)

 

-----. ‘Shaw.’ Pp 231-47 in Stanley Wells, ed. English drama (excluding Shakespeare): select bibliographical guides. London: Oxford UP, 1975

 

Pfeiffer, John R. ‘Shaw and other playwrights: a bibliography of secondary writings.’ SHAW 13 1993 159-75

 

-----. ‘A Shaw / science fiction checklist.’ Shaw Review 16 1973 100-103

 

Pharand, Michel W. Bernard Shaw and the French. Gainesville: UP of Florida, 2000, 289-324: ‘Shaw in print: a chronological bibliography of works by and about Bernard Shaw in French and on Shaw and French culture and literature’

 

-----. ‘A selected bibliography of writings by and about Bernard Shaw concerning love, sex, marriage, women, and related topics.’ SHAW 24 2004 221-35; ‘A supplement to SHAW 24’s selected bibliography of writings by and about Bernard Shaw concerning love, sex, marriage, women, and related topics.’ SHAW 25 2005 257-59 (supersedes Lucy K. Henderson. ‘[Shaw and women:] A bibliographical checklist.’ Pp 262-71 in Weintraub, R)

 

Phillips, Jill. George Bernard Shaw: a review of the literature. NY: Gordon Pr., 1977. 176 pp (reviews books only; not authoritative)

 

Purdom, C. B. A guide to the plays of Bernard Shaw. London: Methuen, 1963. 344 pp (handbook)

 

Rader, Shirley. ‘Cumulative index to The Shaw Review, vols. I-XVIII (1950-1975).’ Shaw Review 18 1975 110-24

 

Richardson, Betty H. ‘Anatomizing G.B.S.: a survey of recent Shaw scholarship.’ Papers on Language and Literature 8 1972 211-23

 

Rodenbeck, John von B. ‘A Shaw / Shakespeare checklist.’ Shaw Review 14 1971 95-99

 

Rodríguez-Seda, Asela C. ‘Shaw in the Hispanic world: a bibliography.’ Modern Drama 14 1971 335-39

 

Rosenberg, Edgar. ‘The Shaw / Dickens file: 1885 to 1950: two checklists.’ Shaw Review 20 1977 148-70, 21 1978 2-19 (annotated); ‘The Shaw / Dickens file: 1914 to 1950; an annotated checklist (concluded). Addenda: 1885 to 1919.’ SHAW 2 1982 101-45

 

Salem, James M. ‘Shaw on Broadway, 1894-1965.’ Shaw Review 11 1968 29-32 (checklist with statistics)

 

Sherbo, Arthur. ‘Shaw’s forgotten lecture (and other matters Shavian).’ Studies in Bibliography 47 1994 221-30 (describes 18 unrecorded items)

 

-----. ‘Two overlooked reviews of Shaw.’ Notes & Queries 241 1996 55-56

 

Spencer, T. J. ‘An annotated check-list of criticism of the post-Saint Joan plays.’ Shaw Review 2 ix 1959 45-48

 

Turner, Tramble T. ‘George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).’ Pp 364-80 in William W. Demastes & Katherine E. Kelly, eds. British playwrights, 1860-1956: a research and production sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Pr., 1996 (data on production and reception)

 

Vesonder, Timothy G. ‘An annotated checklist of selected myth criticism on Shaw’s works.’ Shaw Review 21 1978 104-06

 

Weintraub, Stanley. ‘Bernard Shaw.’ Pp 167-215 in Richard J. Finneran, ed. Anglo-Irish literature: a review of research. NY: Modern Language Association, 1976; also pp 66-84 in Finneran, ed., Recent research on Anglo-Irish writers: a supplement to Anglo-Irish Literature: a review of research. NY: Modern Language Association, 1983

 

-----. ‘Bernard Shaw.’ Pp 129-48 in Weintraub, ed. Modern British dramatists, 1900-1945, II. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1982

 

-----. ‘Bernard Shaw.’ Pp 348-68 in Concise dictionary of British literary biography, volume 6: Modern writers, 1914-1945. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991

 

-----. Bernard Shaw: a guide to research. Univ. Park: Penn State UP, 1992. 154 pp

 

-----. ‘Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950), playwright and polemicist.’ About 25 single-spaced pages in the online Oxford dictionary of national biography. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004

 

Whitman, Robert F. ‘Born again: a review of recent Shaw scholarship.’ Texas Studies in Literature and Language 20 1978 267-301

 

Wilmeth, Don B. ‘The Sidney P. Albert-Bernard Shaw Collection [at Brown University].’ Theatre Survey 42  2001 215-22

 

 

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