Weintraub, Stanley

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WEINTRAUB, Stanley

WEINTRAUB, Stanley. American, b. 1929. Genres: Art/Art history, History, Intellectual history, Literary criticism and history, Military/Defense/ Arms control, Biography. Career: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, instructor, 1953-59, assistant professor, 1959-62, associate professor, 1962-65, professor of English, 1965-70, research professor, 1970-86, director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies, 1970-90, Evan Pugh Professor of Arts and Humanities, 1986-99, Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities, 2000-. Visiting professor at universities in the US and abroad. Publications: Private Shaw and Public Shaw, 1963; The War in the Wards, 1964; (with B.S. Oldsey) The Art of William Golding, 1965; Reggie, 1965; Beardsley, 1967; The Last Great Cause, 1968; (with R. Weintraub) Evolution of a Revolt, 1968; Journey to Heartbreak, 1971; Whistler, 1974; (with R. Weintraub) Lawrence of Arabia, 1975; Aubrey Beardsley, 1976; Four Rossettis, 1977; The London Yankees, 1979; The Unexpected Shaw, 1982; A Stillness Heard around the World, 1985; Bernard Shaw: The Diaries 1885-1897, 1986; Victoria, 1987; Long Day's Journey into War, 1991; Bernard Shaw: A Guide to Research, 1992; Disraeli, 1993; The Last Great Victory-The End of World War II, 1995; Uncrowned King: The Life of Prince Albert, 1997; MacArthur's War, 2000; Edward the Caresser, 2001; Silent Night: The Story of the 1914 Christmas Truce, 2001; Charlotte and Lionel: A Rothschild Love Story, 2003; General Washington's Christmas Farewell, 2003. EDITOR: G.B. Shaw, An Unfinished Novel, 1958; C.P. Snow: A Spectrum, 1963; The Yellow Book: Quintessence of the Nineties, 1964; The Savoy: Nineties Experiment, 1966; The Court Theatre, 1966; Biography and Truth, 1968; Shaw, Cashel Byron's Profession, 1968; The Literary Criticism of Oscar Wilde, 1968; Shaw: An Autobiography, 2 vols., 1969-70; R. Hichens, The Green Carnation, 1970; Shaw, Saint Joan, 1971; Bernard Shaw's Nondramatic Literary Criticism, 1972; (with P. Young) Directions in Literary Criticism, 1973; Saint Joan: 50 Years After, 1973; The Portable Bernard Shaw, 1977; (with A. Wright) Heartbreak House: A Facsimile of the Revised Typescript, 1981; The Portable Oscar Wilde, 1981; Modern British Dramatists 1900-1945, 2 vols., 1982; The Playwright and the Pirate: Bernard Shaw and Frank Harris, a Correspondence, 1982; British Dramatists since World War II, 2 vols., 1982. Address: 4 Winterfield Ct, Newark, DE 19711, U.S.A. Online address: sqw4@comcast.net

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