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1、SALLYPETERSShaw'slife:afeministinspiteofhimselfByhisseventiethbirthday,BernardShawwasoneofthemostfamouspeopleintheworld.Yetdespiteintensescrutiny,perhapsnootherfigureofhisstatureandvisibilityhasbeensothoroughlymisunderstood.TheonlyNobellaureatealsotowin
2、anAcademyAward(forthescreenplayofPygmalion),hewasrecognizedasmuchforhiswitandhiseccentricpersonalityasforhiswritings.CertainlythecelebritymadeunfailinggoodcopyashevoicedopinionsoneverythingfromEuropeandictatorstochild-raising.Butfortoolongheinsistedonca
3、ricaturinghimselfasaclownandbuffoon.Lateinlife,helamentedthathehadbeenalltoopersuasive,theoverexposedG.B.S.figuretrivializingviewsofbothmanandartist.Then,too,therehadalwaysbeenanundercurrentofantagonismtowardtheself-proclaimedgeniuswhoinsistedonthesatir
4、ist'srighttoskewersocietalfoibles-thatinsistencemarkedhimasguiltyofadisconcertingdetachmentfromthemassofhisfellowhumanbeingsaccordingtohisdetractors,adetachmentnoticeableinthepersonalsphereaswell.Inadditiontohisownpartinmisleadingcriticsandwould-bebiogr
5、a-phers,Shawmanagedtoeludeattemptstounderstandhimsimplybecauseoftheenormityofthetask.Notonlywashetheauthorofsomefivedozenplays,hismountainofwritingsincludesfivecompletednovels,anumberofshortstories,lengthytreatisesonpoliticsandeconomics,fourvolumesofthe
6、atrecriticism,threevolumesofmusiccriticism,andavolumeofartcriticism.Addtothattotalwelloverahundredbookreviewsandanastonishingcorrespondenceofoveraquarterofamillionlettersandpostcards.Thentherewasthesheerlengthofthelife.G.K.Chesterton'sGeorgeBernardShawp
7、recededhissubject'sdeathbyafullfortyyears.AsShawsteadfastlyoutlivedhiscontemporaries,henoisilycalledattentiontohisfacades,whilequietlydestroyingcorrespondencesandprevailingoverbiographers.Alwaysneedingtocontrol,wherehisbiographywascon-cerned,Shawwasobse
8、ssive,coercing,directing,managing.BothArchibaldCambridgeCompanionsOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2006SALLYPETERSHenderson,NorthCarolinianmathematicianandthree-timeauthorizedbiographer,andHeskethPearson,along-timefriend,moreorles
