Man and Superman (Bernard Shaw Library)

Man and Superman (Bernard Shaw Library)

Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of the first great twentieth-century English play and a classic exposÃ© of the eternal struggle between the sexesâ€”part of the official Bernard Shaw Library
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After the death of her father, Ann Whitefield becomes the joint ward of two men: the respectable Roebuck Ramsden and John Tanner, author of â€œThe Revolutionistâ€™s Handbook.â€ Believing marriage would prevent him from achieving his higher intellectual and political ambitions, Tanner is horrified to discover that Ann intends to marry him, and he flees to Spain with the determined young woman in hot pursuit. The chase even leads them to the underworld, where the charactersâ€™ alter egos discuss questions of human nature and philosophy in a lively debate in a scene often performed separately as â€œDon Juan in Hell.â€ In Man and Superman, Shaw combined seriousness with comedy to create a satirical and buoyant exposÃ© of the eternal struggle between the sexes.
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This is the definitive text produced under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. The volume also includes Shawâ€™s preface of 1903 and his appendix, â€œThe Revolutionistâ€™s Handbookâ€; the cast list from the first production of Man and Superman; and a list of his principal works.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780140437881
Model 9780140437881
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2001-01-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140437881

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780140437881
Model	9780140437881
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2001-01-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780140437881

Man and Superman (Bernard Shaw Library)

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