George Bernard Shaw (Bloom's Major Dramatist : Comprehensive Research and Study Guide)

This title surveys the plays Bloom considers to have been written by George Bernard Shaw "in his dramatic prime." Examined texts include Man and Superman, Major Barbara, Pygmalion, and Saint Joan.

This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time. Titles present the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature reflecting a variety of schools of criticism. Texts also contain critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index, and an introductory essay by Bloom.