Billions of Letters.

This article focuses on publishing of letters of George Bernard Shaw, a dramatist and critic. In 1949, when one of Shaw's American publishers, Dodd, Mead & Co., wrote to him proposing an edition of his collected letters, Shaw replied to them that there are billions of them and he is adding to them e...

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Publicado en:Independent Shavian Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 64 - 74
Autor principal: Pharand, Michel W.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Bernard Shaw Society Inc. 2004
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Sumario:This article focuses on publishing of letters of George Bernard Shaw, a dramatist and critic. In 1949, when one of Shaw's American publishers, Dodd, Mead & Co., wrote to him proposing an edition of his collected letters, Shaw replied to them that there are billions of them and he is adding to them every day. Monumental four-volume "Bernard Shaw: Collected Letters" contains 113 letters to 15 publishers. Although it is tempting to say that Shaw had only four publishers Grant Richards and Constable & Co. in England, Brentano's and Dodd, Mead & Co. in the U.S.