Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw's brilliant social satire, appears in this special MA English edition featuring critical apparatus for graduate-level study. This profound dramatic work explores morality, capitalism and salvation through Shaw's signature wit and intellectual debate.MKG

Famous Major Barbara

Contents:

Life and career of Bernard Shaw
Shaw: Character and Personality
Shaw's Career as a Dramatist
Merits and Demerits of Shaw as a Dramatist
Shaw as a Rationalist
Shaw's theory of life force
Shaw: Drama of Ideas
Shaw: wit, Humour, Farce, Etc.
Shaw as a Satirist
Shaw: Religion and God
Characters in the play
Critical Review of the play
Major Barbara: poverty and the value of Money
Major Barbara: A Discussion in three Acts
Minor Characters and their Role
Select Literary Criticism
Chronology
Bibliography