
2023
Paperback
201-300 Pages
Contemporary Fiction Novels Books
George Bernard Shaw
9789357022798
Literature & Fiction
Rupa Publications India
English
India
Name : Man And Superman
Author : George Bernard Shaw
Book Format : Paperback
Genre : Literature & Fiction
ISBN : 9789357022798
Language : English
Pages : 201-300 Pages
Publish Year : 2023
Publisher : Rupa Publications India
Sub Genre : Contemporary Fiction Novels Books
Subtitled as ‘A Comedy and a Philosophy’, George Bernard Shaw published Man and Superman
in 1903, and it was fully staged in 1915 at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. The title comes from
Friedrich Nietzche’s ideas about the Ubermensch or ‘Superman’. The plot centers on John Tanner,
and Ann Whitefield and her persistent efforts to make him marry her. Written in a response to a
request for a ‘Don Juan’ play, it is based on his belief in the conflict between man as the spiritual
creator and woman as the guardian of the biological continuity of the human race. Shaw, in this
work, incorporates the concept of ‘life force’ and succeeds in painting a satirical view of the eternal
battle of the sexes.
Country of Origin : India
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