{"product_id":"language-and-metadrama-in-major-jean-reynolds-9783030960735","title":"Language and Metadrama in Major Barbara and Pygmalion: Shavian Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on two important topics in Shaw's \u003ci\u003eMajor Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePygmalion\u003c\/i\u003e that have received little attention from critics: language and metadrama. If we look beyond the social, political, and economic issues that Shaw explored in these two plays, we discover that the stories of the two \"Shavian sisters\"- Barbara Undershaft and Eliza Doolittle-are deeply concerned with performance and what Jacques Derrida calls \"the problem of language.\" Nearly every character in \u003ci\u003eMajor Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e produces, directs, or acts in at least one miniature play. In \u003ci\u003ePygmalion\u003c\/i\u003e, Henry Higgins is Eliza's acting coach and phonetics teacher, as well as the star of an impromptu, open-air phonetics show. The language content in these two plays is just as intriguing. Did Eliza Doolittle have to learn Standard English to become a complete human being? Should we worry about the bad grammar we hear at Barbara Undershaft's Salvation Army shelter? Is English losing its precision and purity? Meanwhile, in the background, Shaw keeps reminding us that language and theatre are always present in our everyday lives-sometimes serving as stabilizing forces, and sometimes working to undo them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Reynolds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030960730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030960735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.52d","brand":"Jean Reynolds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130338767103,"sku":"9783030960735","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40c810dc-34ab-40de-86d5-a6722032bf08.jpg?v=1687468841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/language-and-metadrama-in-major-jean-reynolds-9783030960735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}