Bernard Shaw and the Spanish-Speaking World

Gustavo A. Rodríguez Martín is assistant professor at the Universidad de Extremadura (Cáceres, Spain), where he teaches courses on 20th-century literature, ESL, and corpus linguistics. He is the editor of the Continuing Checklist of Shaviana and the bibliographical report on Shaw studies for The Year’s Work in English Studies (OUP).

“The volume forms an important contribution to the series Bernard Shaw and his Contemporaries. It offers a nuanced analysis across the wide range of Shaw’s work ... as a music critic, art critic, social thinker and political philosopher. It is a cause of celebration that such an extensive period of cultural history is made available to the contemporary English-speaking world.” (Jim McCarthy, Hispanic Research Journal, February 13, 2024)“The chapters are written in clear, concise prose that illuminates the Shavian legacy. The collection also contains many relevant tables, charts, and comparisons that trace Shaw’s place in the Spanish-speaking world. … The importance of the collection is not only its illumination of Shaw’s early appearance and eventual position in the Spanish-speaking world but that it also provides an important perspective on Shaw’s role as an artist and public intellectual of global importance.” (Lagretta Tallent Lenker, SHAW The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies, Vol. 43 (2), 2023)“Bernard Shaw and the Spanish-Speaking World provides international angles of vision for Shaw scholars and their students, as well as those who focus on theatre history, cultural studies, and comparative literature. The essays and chapters in this volume provide a synthesis of vital conversations in the field while emphasizing the importance of new scholarly voices.” (Ellen Ecker Dolgin, Modern Drama, Vol. 66 (3), September, 2023)

• Introduction: Bernard Shaw and the Spanish-Speaking World, Gustavo A. Rodríguez Martín.- Chapter 1: Bernard Shaw and the Spanish Myth of Don Juan - Oscar Giner, Arizona State University, USA.- Chapter 2: The Influence of Cervantes’ Don Quixote on Shaw’s literary world; or, the Quixotic Shaw, Gustavo A. Rodríguez Martín.- Chapter 3: Shaw and Spanish Artists - José Luis Oncins-Martínez, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain.- Chapter 4: Shaw and Spanish Plays in 1890s London - Miguel Cisneros Perales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain.- Chapter 5: Shaw and Spanish Music Criticism - Aileen R. Ruane, Concordia University, Canada.- Chapter 6:The Reception of George Bernard Shaw’s Works and Ideas in Spain, Guadalupe Caballero Nieto - Universidad de Extremadura, Spain.- Chapter 7: An Irishman in Mexico: Bernard Shaw in the Mexican Press (1900-1960) - Íñigo Fernández Fernández, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico.- Chapter 8: Bernard Shaw’s Theatre in Uruguay (1930-1960) - Cecilia Pérez Mondino, Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana, Uruguay.- Chapter 9: The Reception of Bernard Shaw’s Plays in Argentina - Liliana B. López, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Chapter 10: Borges’s Admiration for George Bernard Shaw - Jason Wilson, University College London, UK.- Chapter 11: Shavian Shadows in Spanish Lands: Shaw’s Impact on the ‘Generation of 1898’ - David Jiménez Torres, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Spain.- Chapter 12: Bernard Shaw and Rodolfo Usigli: Where Playwrights Converge - Guillermo Schmidhuber de la Mora, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.- Chapter 13: Bernard Shaw and the Literary Imagination of Nemesio R. Canales - Asela.- Chapter 14: Julio Broutá’s Translations of Bernard Shaw - Sílvia Coll-Vinent, Universitat Ramon Lull, Spain.- Chapter 15: The Unauthorised Shaw: Non-Official Translations in the Spanish-Speaking World - Pablo Ruano San Segundo, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain.