One of the great objections to Bernard Shaw's plays is that he knew
nothing about love, that he was always too cerebral and lacked
passion. Sally Peters demonstrates that in his personal life, this
was far from the case, and goes far to show how and why he detached
a depth of erotic feeling (and indeed experience) from his work.
Intensely probing but far from prurient, her interest in Shaw's
sexuality and her conviction of its importance to his work is amply
supported in a book which adds much even to the lengthy biographies
already available. (Kirkus UK)
When he died in 1950, Bernard Shaw was a Nobel laureate hailed as
the second greatest playwright in the English language. At the same
time, his strangely flamboyant personality, so teeming with
eccentricities and contradictions, aroused unquenchable curiosity.
Despite many investigations into Shaw's life and art, parts of
him2;parts crucial to understanding both man and artist2;have
remained veiled in secrecy. In this critical biography, Sally
Peters explores Shaw's background and beliefs, interests and
obsessions, relations with men and women, prose writings and
dramatic art. In deciphering the enigma that was Shaw, she uncovers
a convoluted and extravagant inner life studded with erotic
secrets.
Peters examines the passions of Shaw's life2;everything from
vegetarianism and boxing to socialism and feminism2;and pieces them
together in a new configuration, offering a fresh interpretation of
his life and works. Striving unceasingly to ascend, possessed of
monumental energy, Shaw was in many ways a dazzling example of his
idealized superman. But, says Peters, this superman was also a man
haunted by phantoms, a man of gender ambivalences and romantic
yearnings, and a man who championed will even while believing that
his erotic inclinations were the secret mark of the "born artist."
Throughout, he was braced by a resilient comic vision as he
transformed his life into enduring art.
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