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Analyzed Collections of Essays

Within the following sections of the bibliography, names in boldface preceded by “in” are used to show that a given essay is in the collection designated. Reprinted excerpts from books wholly about Shaw are rarely denoted unless they are already listed under individual plays. Collections on specific topics are sometimes repeated as the first items pertaining to those topics.

Adams, Elsie B., ed. Critical essays on George Bernard Shaw. NY: G. K. Hall, 1991. 202 pp

Brennan, Paul, & Thierry Dupont, eds. G. B. Shaw: un dramaturge engagé. Caen: Presses Universitaires de Caen, 1998. 226 pp

Byrne, Sandie, ed. George Bernard Shaw’s plays: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Man and Superman, Major Barbara: contexts and criticism. NY: Norton, 2002. 545 pp (revised version of Smith [below]; includes texts of the plays)

Conolly, L. W., Ellen M. Pearson, & Jennifer C. Preston, eds. Bernard Shaw—on stage: papers from the 1989 International Shaw Conference. Guelph, ON: Univ. of Guelph, 1991. 202 pp

Gibbs, Anthony M., ed. Bernard Shaw: Man and Superman and Saint Joan: a casebook. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992. 235 pp

Holroyd, Michael, ed. The genius of Shaw: a symposium. NY: Holt, 1979. 238 pp (for the general reader)

Innes, Christopher, ed. The Cambridge companion to George Bernard Shaw. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1998. 343 pp

Joad, C. E. M., ed. Shaw and society: an anthology and a symposium. London: Odhams Pr., 1953. 279 pp

Kaufmann, R. J., ed. G. B. Shaw: a collection of critical essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1965. 182 pp

Kronenberger, Louis, ed. George Bernard Shaw: a critical survey. Cleveland: World, 1953. 262 pp

Otten, Kurt, & Gerd Rohmann, eds. George Bernard Shaw. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1978. 518 pp

Pandey, Sudhakar, & Freya Barua, eds. G. B. Shaw: a critical response. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 1992. 136 pp

Rosenblood, Norman, ed. Shaw seminar papers—65. Toronto: Copp Clark, 1966. 84 pp

Rosenblood 2 -----, ed. Shaw: seven critical essays. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Pr., 1971. 136 pp

Rusinko, Susan, ed. Shaw and other matters: a Festschrift for Stanley Weintraub on the occasion of his forty-second anniversary at the Pennsylvania State University. Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna UP, 1998. 222 pp

Smith, Warren S., ed. Bernard Shaw’s plays: Major Barbara, Heartbreak House, Saint Joan, Too True to be Good, with backgrounds and criticism. NY: Norton, 1970. 494 pp (includes texts of the plays)

Weintraub, Rodelle, ed. Fabian feminist: Bernard Shaw and woman. Univ. Park: Penn State UP, 1977. 275 pp

Weintraub, Stanley, ed. Saint Joan fifty years after, 1923/24-1973/74. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1973. 259 pp

Winsten, Stephen, ed. G.B.S. 90: aspects of Bernard Shaw’s life and work. London: Hutchinson, 1946. 200 pp

Zimbardo, Rose A., ed. Twentieth century interpretations of Major Barbara: a collection of critical essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1970. 124 pp

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