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George Bernard Shaw's Plays

George Bernard Shaw's Plays

Mrs Warren's Profession, Pygmalion, Man and Superman, Major Barbara : Contexts and Criticism

by George Bernard Shaw and Sandie Byrne
Paperback
Publication Date: 20/01/2004
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Each play is fully annotated.
"Contexts and Criticism" features all-new material on the author and his work, from traditional critical readings to more theorized approaches, among them essays on Shaw's Fabianism and his alleged feminism.? Contributors include Leon Hugo, Sally Peters, Tracy C. Davis, John A. Bertolini, Stanley Weintraub, and J. Ellen Gainor.
A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.
ISBN:
9780393977530
9780393977530
Category:
Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
20-01-2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
WW Norton & Co
Country of origin:
United States
Edition:
2nd Edition
Pages:
560
Dimensions (mm):
213x130x30mm
Weight:
0.54kg
George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in 1856 and moved to London in 1876. He initially wrote novels then went on to achieve fame through his career as a journalist, critic and public speaker. A committed and active socialist, he was one of the leaders of the Fabian Society. He was a prolific and much lauded playwright and was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He died in 1950.

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