About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780140450194ISBN:014045019X
Description: Very Good. No DJ Issued. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Some discoloration, mainly on page and cover edges. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Bernard Shaw Library. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Airmont
Date Published: 1965
Description: Used in No jacket. Used paperback. Good condition. Pages lightly tanned. There are a few light spots on the inside front page, does not interfere with text. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780140450194ISBN:014045019X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (OC) Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Bernard Shaw Library. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780140450194ISBN:014045019X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. ml nyc-1 ppr 228 9.30.2008. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Bernard Shaw Library. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2001-01-01
ISBN-13:9780140437881ISBN:0140437886
Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2001-01-01
ISBN-13:9780140437881ISBN:0140437886
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140437881ISBN:0140437886
Description: Acceptable. No Dust Jacket as Issued. Ex-college Text. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate to heavy wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; s everal small tears; moderate edge wear/ used text stickers and stamps/ good reading copy. read more
"GBS continues to impress with his tightly written plays filled with witty turns of phrases and generously developed characters. Man and Superman has a longer third act with a metaphysical discussion between Don Jaun and the devil set in hell as foils for characters in the other acts. This third act while presenting an interesting discussion about man, his place in the world, and his future is a complete break from the flow of the rest of the play and takes a bit of getting used to. That said it is still a wonderfully constructed work that is a pleasure to read."
"This deserves a careful re-read. I took it with me, appropriately enough, and read it in Ireland. It was a funny bit of sarcastic romantic comedy turned on its head by an iconoclastic philosopher."
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