(print) xxv, 193 p. ; 23 cm
A revision of the author's thesis, University of Oklahoma

Preface ix -- Introduction xv -- PART ONE : SHAW AND THE MORAL AESTHETES -- I Ruskin, Morris, and Shaw 3 -- II The Pre-Raphaelites and Shaw 14 -- III Pre-Raphaelite Drama : Candida 24 -- PART TWO : SHAW AND THE FIN-DE-SIECLE AESTHETICISM -- IV The Development of Fin-de-Siecle Aestheticism 33 -- V Art for Art's Sake and Shaw's Theory of Moral Art 43 -- VI The Artist, the Censor, and the Public 54 -- VII The Form and the Content of Art 62 -- VIII Art and Reality 72 -- PART THREE : THE AESTHETE AND THE SHAVIAN ARTIST -- IX The Nature of the Aesthete-Artist 81 -- X The Portrait of the Artist in Shaws' Novels 87 -- XI The Aesthete-Artist in Shaw's Early Plays 106 -- XII The Unscrupulous Artist 121 -- XIII The Artist-Creator of Life 133 -- XIV Shaw the Artist 148 -- Notes 159 -- Bibliography 177 -- Index 191