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Shaw, G: Pygmalion

Shaw, G: Pygmalion


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en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 mai 2008

Recomandăm această ediție a piesei Pygmalion cititorilor pasionați de fineturi lingvistice și critică socială, celor care savurează dialogul ascuțit și personajele care refuză să fie simple piese într-un experiment. Considerăm că forța acestui text nu rezidă doar în transformarea spectaculoasă a Elizei Doolittle, ci în modul în care George Bernard Shaw demonstrează că limbajul este, în fond, o barieră de clasă aproape insurmontabilă. Imaginați-vă tensiunea socială și rigurozitatea lingvistică din Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady, mutată într-un decor de realism didactic, unde muzica este înlocuită de observația tăioasă asupra ipocriziei britanice. Ne-a atras atenția în mod deosebit prefața autorului, care dezvăluie rădăcinile reale ale personajului Henry Higgins în figura foneticianului Henry Sweet. Shaw nu scrie doar o comedie de moravuri, ci un manifest despre cum modul de a vorbi îi condamnă pe oameni la disprețul semenilor lor. Spre deosebire de alte lucrări ale sale, precum Major Barbara, unde dezbaterea ideologică vizează religia și capitalismul, în Pygmalion autorul se concentrează pe identitate și autodeterminare. Este o lucrare definitorie pentru stilul „shavian”, situându-se alături de Arms and the Man prin modul în care satirizează convențiile romantice. Ritmul este alert, susținut de replici care funcționează ca niște dueluri intelectuale, iar structura sa, deși clasică, rămâne surprinzător de modernă prin refuzul unui final convențional.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781605120812
ISBN-10: 1605120812
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Akasha Publishing, LLC
Locul publicării:United States

De ce să citești această carte

Cititorul va câștiga o perspectivă fascinantă asupra modului în care educația și limbajul ne modelează locul în societate. Este o lectură esențială pentru cei care doresc să înțeleagă rădăcinile celebrei adaptări „My Fair Lady”, dar și pentru cei care apreciază umorul fin și critica socială care rămâne relevantă și după un secol de la publicare.

Despre autor

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) a fost un dramaturg irlandez, critic și activist politic, laureat al Premiului Nobel pentru Literatură în 1925. Stabilit la Londra, Shaw a devenit o figură centrală a teatrului occidental, scriind peste șaizeci de piese. Influențat de Ibsen, a introdus un nou realism în dramaturgia de limbă engleză, folosind scena ca platformă pentru ideile sale despre socialism, eugenie și reforma alfabetului. Printre cele mai cunoscute lucrări ale sale se numără Man and Superman și Saint Joan, Shaw fiind recunoscut pentru capacitatea sa unică de a îmbina satira contemporană cu alegoria istorică.

Descriere scurtă

Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw - Akasha Classics, AkashaPublishing.Com - As will be seen later on, Pygmalion needs, not a preface, but a sequel, which I have supplied in its due place. The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. They spell it so abominably that no man can teach himself what it sounds like. It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him. German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to English-men. The reformer England needs today is an energetic phonetic enthusiast: that is why I have made such a one the hero of a popular play. There have been heroes of that kind crying in the wilderness for many years past. When I became interested in the subject towards the end of the eighteen-seventies, Melville Bell was dead; but Alexander J. Ellis was still a living patriarch, with an impressive head always covered by a velvet skull cap, for which he would apologize to public meetings in a very courtly manner. He and Tito Pagliardini, another phonetic veteran, were men whom it was impossible to dislike. Henry Sweet, then a young man, lacked their sweetness of character: he was about as conciliatory to conventional mortals as Ibsen or Samuel Butler. His great ability as a phonetician (he was, I think, the best of them all at his job) would have entitled him to high official recognition, and perhaps enabled him to popularize his subject, but for his Satanic contempt for all academic dignitaries and persons in general who thought more of Greek than of phonetics. Once, in the days when the Imperial Institute rose in South Kensington, and Joseph Chamberlain was booming the Empire, I induced the editor of a leading monthly review to commission an article from Sweet on the imperial importance of his subject. When it arrived, it contained nothing but a savagely derisive attack on a professor of language and literature whose chair Sweet regarded as proper to a phonetic expert only. The article, being libelous, had to be returned as impossible; and I had to renounce my dream of dragging its author into the limelight. When I met him afterwards, for the first time for many years, I found to my astonishment that he, who had been a quite tolerably presentable young man, had actually managed by sheer scorn to alter his personal appearance until he had become a sort of walking repudiation of Oxford and all its traditions. It must have been largely in his own despite that he was squeezed into something called a Readership of phonetics there. The future of phonetics rests probably with his pupils, who all swore by him; but nothing could bring the man himself into any sort of compliance with the university, to which he nevertheless clung by divine right in an intensely Oxonian way. I daresay his papers, if he has left any, include some satires that may be published without too destructive results fifty years hence. He was, I believe, not in the least an ill-natured man: very much the opposite, I should say; but he would not suffer fools gladly.

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When George Bernard Shaw wrote "Pygmalion" more than a half century ago, it seemed unlikely that his little play would eventually be converted into one of the great musicals of our time, "My Fair Lady," and a motion picture that captured numerous Academy Awards. Yet such popularity should not have been surprising since succeeding generations of readers and playgoers find continual relevance in the story of a speech therapist who successfully converts an untutored flower girl into a darling of high society. The extraordinary wit of the master dramatist of the twentieth century has not lost its sharp edge as it cuts away at the artificially of class distinctions and the callousness of indifference to human worth.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and New York stages, an entertaining motion picture and a great hit with its musical version, My Fair Lady. An updated and considerably revised version of the ancient Greek legend of Pygmalion and Galatea, the 20th-century story pokes fun at the antiquated British class system.
In Shaw's clever adaptation, Professor Henry Higgins, a linguistic expert, takes on a bet that he can transform an awkward cockney flower seller into a refined young lady simply by polishing her manners and changing the way she speaks. In the process of convincing society that his creation is a mysterious royal figure, the Professor also falls in love with his elegant handiwork.
The irresistible theme of the emerging butterfly, together with Shaw's brilliant dialogue and splendid skills as a playwright, have made Pygmalion one of the most popular comedies in the English language. A staple of college drama courses, it is still widely performed.

Notă biografică

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, and social reformer known for his sharp wit, satirical commentary, and progressive views. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in his early twenties and became deeply involved in the cultural and intellectual life of the city. "The Apple Cart," written in 1928, is one of Shaw's later plays and is considered a political satire. It explores themes of power, politics, and monarchy in a fictional future Britain. In the play, King Magnus finds himself at odds with his Prime Minister over the monarchy's role in government, leading to a series of witty and thought-provoking debates about democracy, leadership, and the nature of power. Shaw's works often challenged societal norms and conventions, and "The Apple Cart" is no exception, using humor and irony to critique political systems and explore alternative visions for society. As a playwright, Shaw was known for his ability to blend entertainment with intellectual depth, creating memorable characters and engaging dialogue that continue to resonate with audiences today. Beyond his literary achievements, Shaw was a prominent figure in the Fabian Society, a socialist organization advocating for social reform. He used his platform as a writer and public speaker to champion causes such as women's rights, education reform, and economic equality. George Bernard Shaw's legacy as a playwright and thinker is marked by his profound impact on both literature and social discourse. His plays, including "The Apple Cart," remain relevant for their exploration of timeless themes and their enduring relevance to contemporary political and social issues.