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\\\"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.\''
Synopsis:
This collection presents a cross-section of Shaw's most important theater work--Mrs. Warren's Profession, Man and Superman, Major Barbara, and Pygmalion.
Synopsis:
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.
Sandie Byrne is Fellow and Tutor in English at Balliol College, Oxford University. She is the author of Tony Harrison: Loiner, H., V., and O.: The Poetry of Tony Harrison, the Icon Reader's Guide to Ted Hughes, and the Icon Reader's Guide to Mansfield Park.
George Bernard Shaw's Plays (Norton Critical Edition)
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Bernard Shaw
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This collection presents a cross-section of Shaw's most important theater work--Mrs. Warren's Profession, Man and Superman, Major Barbara, and Pygmalion.
"Synopsis"
by Norton,
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.
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