Книга: Shaw B. «Pygmalion»

Pygmalion

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Shaw wrote the part of Eliza Doolittle—'an east-end dona with an apron and three orange and red ostrich feathers'—for Mrs Patrick Campbell, with whom he had a passionate but unconsummated affair. From the outset the play was a sensational success, although Shaw, irritated by its popularity at the expense of his artistic intentions, dismissed it as a potboiler. The Pygmalion of legend falls in love with his perfect female statue and persuades Venus to bring her to life so that he can marry her. But Shaw radically reworks Ovid's tale to give it a feminist slant: while Higgins teaches Eliza to speak and act like a duchess, she also asserts her independence, adamantly refusing to be his creation. This Penguin Classics edition is the definitive text produced under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence, with an illuminating introduction by Nicholas Grene, discussing the language and politics of the play. Included in this volume is Shaw’s preface, as well as his ‘sequel’ written for the first publication in 1916, to rebut public demand for a more conventionally romantic ending. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1, 500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Издательство: "Penguin Group"

ISBN: 978-0-14-143950-1

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  • Pygmalion — und Galatea, Jean Léon Gérôme, 1890 Pygmalion (gr. Πυγμαλίων) ist der Name eines kyprischen Königs aus der griechischen Mythologie. Außerdem ist er der griechische Name des Königs Pumjaton von Tyros, auf den die mythische Geschichte… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pygmalion — is a Greek name. Pygmalion mdash;or Pygmaion according to Hesychios of Alexandra mdash;is probably a Cypriot form of Adonis , a Levantine vegetation god.It may refer to: * Pygmalion (mythology), in ancient Greek mythology, a sculptor who fell in… …   Wikipedia

  • Pygmalion — Pygmalion,   griechisch Pygmalịon, sagenhafter König von Kypros (Zypern), nach Ovid ein frauenfeindlicher Bildhauer, der sich in eine von ihm selbst gefertigte Elfenbeinstatue einer Jungfrau verliebte. Aphrodite belebte sie auf seine Bitten, und …   Universal-Lexikon

  • PYGMALION — PYGMALI Dans la mythologie grecque, roi de Chypre qui tomba amoureux d’une statue d’Aphrodite. Dans ses Métamorphoses , Ovide donna de l’histoire une version plus élaborée: le sculpteur Pygmalion fit une statue d’ivoire représentant son idéal de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pygmalion — {{Pygmalion}} 1. Bruder der Dido*, der ihren Mann ermordete und sie zur Flucht aus ihrer Heimat veranlaßte. 2. Ein Künstler auf Zypern, der von den seiner Meinung nach lasterhaften Frauen nichts wissen wollte und sich ein Bild aus Elfenbein schuf …   Who's who in der antiken Mythologie

  • Pygmalion — also the Pygmalion word, became a British euphemistic substitute for BLOODY (Cf. bloody) in mid 20c. from its notorious use in Bernard Shaw s play …   Etymology dictionary

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