Description
| Product ID: | 9780140437881 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Man and Superman |
| Authors: | Author: George Bernard Shaw, Dan Laurence |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Explores the role of the artist, the function of women in society, and the author's theory of Creative Evolution. This title intends to expose the eternal struggle between the sexes. Shaw began writing MAN AND SUPERMAN in 1901 and determined to write a play that would encapsulate the new century''s intellectual inheritance. Shaw drew not only on Byron''s verse satire, but also on Shakespeare, the Victorian comedy fashionable in his early life, and from authors from Conan Doyle to Kipling. In this powerful drama of ideas, Shaw explores the role of the artist, the function of women in society, and his theory of Creative Evolution. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-09-28 |
