Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
by Shaw, George Bernard
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- Hardcover
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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Synopsis
‘A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth’ After the death of her father, Ann Whitefield becomes the joint ward of two men: the respectable Roebuck Ramsden and John Tanner, author of ‘The Revolutionist’s Handbook’. 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 flees to Spain with the determined young woman in hot pursuit. The chase even leads them to the underworld, where the characters’ alter egos discuss questions of human nature and philosophy in a lively debate in a scene often performed separately as ‘Don Juan in Hell’. In Man and Superman , Shaw combined seriousness with comedy to create a satirical and buoyant exposé of the eternal struggle between the sexes. This is the definitive text under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. This volume includes Shaw’s Preface of 1903 and his appendix, ‘The Revolutionist’s Handbook’, the cast list from the first production of Man and Superman and a list of his principal works.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10878
- Title
- Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
- Author
- Shaw, George Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brentano's. New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- DRAMA HUMOR SATIRE ENGLAND REVOLUTION General, Humorous
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
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