Introduction to Literature Module 1.5
Pygmalion
Study Guide: Introduction to Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 1)
Module 5: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Honors: Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot
Context Resource Links
These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.
Readings
- Coolidge, Olivia. Greek Myths:
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/pygmalion-and-galatea-legend-told-by-thomas-bulfinch
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/how-to-write-a-popular-play-by-george-bernard-shaw
- http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3825
- http://www.elise.com/q/quotes/shawquotes.htm
The Author’s Life
- http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19535
- http://www.ewtn.com/library/ISSUES/CHESSHAW.TXT
- http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1925/shaw-bio.html
- http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1925/press.html
- http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/539048/George-Bernard-Shaw
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/bernard-shaw-a-brief-biography
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/george-bernard-shaw-a-biography-by-archibald-henderson
Poetry
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/poetry-by-hilaire-belloc/
- Optional selections from: Collected Nonsense and Light Verse by G.K.
- Chesterton or Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot
- https://cburrell.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/chesterton-on-chesterton-on-chaucer/
Audio
Unabridged audiobook (recommended): http://amzn.to/2sUrmvu
- http://librivox.org/pygmalion-by-george-bernard-shaw/ (Amateur performance; not ideal.)
Video
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/pygmalion-the-1938-movie/
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/my-fair-lady-1964-movie-trailer
- http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1925/shaw-docu.htm
- http://www.reelclassics.com/Musicals/Fairlady/fairlady.htm
Visual Arts
- http://library.brown.edu/exhibits/archive/shaw/plays.html
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058385/mediaindex
- http://honestarchitecture.blogspot.com/2010/05/george-bernard-shaw-and-marvelous.html
- http://flickr.com/photos/ishida/2468290477/in/pool-nationaltrust
Music
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/bernard-shaws-reception-of-mozarts-don-giovanni
- http://amzn.to/2rphrQ1
Places to Go
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/shaws-corner/
Category link for browsing: https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/category/e1-resources/
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