Man and Superman Summary
George Bernard Shaw

The British playwright, critic, and pamphleteer George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) produced more than 52 plays and playlets, three volumes of music and drama criticism, and one major volume of socialist ... Read more

A long life made Shaw's multifaceted activities possible, for he was handicapped by a decade-long false start in fiction, and even more by the circumstances of his upbringing. Born George Bernard Shaw... Read more

Bernard Shaw was one of the most important, and certainly the most prolific, reform writers of the twentieth century. In provocative, trenchant, and humorous style he tried to formulate a constructive... Read more

In the following essay, Leary explores the vitality of the characters and speeches in Man and Superman. In discussing the dramatic effectiveness of puppets, Shaw wrote: I always hold up the wood... Read more