A Selected Bibliography of Writings by and about Bernard Shaw Concerning Love, Sex, Marriage, Women, and Related Topics

This selected bibliography attempts to gather Bernard Shaw's pronouncements on sexuality and related topics (Section A), as well as some pertinent critical commentaries, including the essays in this volume (Section B). As the keywords here are "selected" and "attempts," the editor apologizes in advance for the inevitable omissions and welcomes any additions and corrections to what must be considered merely a preliminary compilation. It is hoped that the items listed below will open new avenues of research into an important Shavian arena.

References in brackets are to Dan H. Laurence's Bernard Shaw: A Bibliography, 2 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon, 1983), and to his Supplement (entries marked ['-S']) published in SHAW: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies20 (University Park: Penn State University Press, 2000), pp. 3-128. In Section B, I have used two important sources: G. B. Shaw: An Annotated Bibliography of Writings about Him (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press), vol. 1: 1871-1930, ed. J. P. Wearing (1986); vol. 2: 1931-56, ed. Elsie B. Adams, with Donald C. Haberman (1987); and vol. 3: 1957-78, ed. Donald C. Haberman (1986) [K310-S, K311-S, K312-S]; and Lucile Kelling Henderson, "Shaw and Woman: A Bibliographical Checklist," Shaw Review 17.1 (January 1974): 60-66; reprinted (and expanded) as "A Bibliographical Checklist" in Fabian Feminist: Bernard Shaw and Woman, ed. Rodelle Weintraub (University Park: Penn State University Press, 1977), pp. 262-71 [B437].

Section A: Works by Bernard Shaw

"About Sex and Marriage." Ruth Adam. What Shaw Really Said. New York: Schocken Books, 1966, pp. 37-46. [K204]

"As Bernard Shaw Sees Woman." New York Times, 19 June 1927, 4, 1-4, 2:1-5. [C2651; see B167]

Bernard Shaw: Agitations, Letters to the Press, 1875-1950. Ed. Dan H. Laurence and James Rambeau. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1985. [A316-S; on censorship: 93-105, 252-55; morality: 153-59; obscenity: 239-41; prostitution: 25-35; sex and marriage: 89-92, 106-13, 137-38, 279-81]

"Bernard Shaw on American Women." Cosmopolitan 40 (December 1905): 247-48. Reprinted in The Independent Shavian 10 (Winter 1971-72): 1-5.

"Bernard Shaw Extols Divorce" (symposium). Globe and Commercial Advertiser (New York) (28 March 1905): 4:2-4. [C1476]

Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell: Their Correspondence. Ed. Alan Dent. London: Gollancz, 1952; New York: Knopf, 1952. [A266]

Bernard Shaw: Selections of His Wit and Wisdom. Compiled by Caroline Thomas Harnsberger. Chicago and New York: Follett, 1965. [see under Divorce, Man and Woman, Marriage, Women, and Sex]

"The Bishop Would be a Nudist" (statement). Daily Mirror , 2 November 1935, 1:4, 28:2. [C3127; see "Nudism" and "Mr. G. Bernard Shaw" in this section]

"Book Ban Denounced: Eminent People Defend 'Well of Loneliness'" (letter). Daily Herald , 22 November 1928, 5:4. [C2755a; drafted by Shaw; 45 signatories supporting Radclyffe Hall's 1928 Lesbian novel. See "Shaw and Wells" in this section]

"Brieux: A Preface." Three Plays by Brieux. London: A. C. Fifield; New York: Brentano's, 1911, pp. 9-53. [A104] Reprinted in Bernard F. Dukore, ed., Bernard Shaw: The Drama Observed. Volume III: 1897-1911 (University Park: Penn State University Press, 1993), pp. 1188-222. [A326-S; on venereal diseases, 1216-20]

"The Cleveland Street Scandals" (letter of 26 November 1889). Encounter 3 (September 1954): 20-21. [C3942; on homosexuality]

"Divorce Law Reform" (letter). The Times , 14 July 1950, 7:5. [C3921]

Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw: A Correspondence. Preface by Shaw. Ed. Christopher St. John. London: Constable, 1931; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. [A205]

"The Empire Promenade" (letter). Pall Mall Gazette 59, 16 October 1894, 3:2. [C1038; on prostitution]

"Fifth Fable." Farfetched Fables (1948). Bernard Shaw: Collected Plays with Their Prefaces, vol. 7. Editorial Supervisor Dan H. Laurence. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1975...